Paul Hollander

The Only Super Power

Reflections on Strength, Weakness, and Anti-Americanism

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Produktbeschreibung

The essays in The Only Super Power deal with present day American Society-its problems, critiques, and perceptions at home and abroad-with special reference to mass culture, multiculturalism, and radical Islam. Other items examine the aftermath of and continued responses to the fall of Soviet communism and the remaining communist systems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9780739125434
• ISBN-10: 0739125435
• Artikelnr.: 24886905

Autorenporträt

By Paul Hollander

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Introduction: The Pleasures of Hate and the New Anti-Americanism
Part 2 Part I: The New Anti-Americanism Chapter 3 1. Anti-Americanism and a
World-Class Hate Crime Chapter 4 2. Anti-Americanism: Murderous and
Rhetorical Chapter 5 3. The Politics of Envy Chapter 6 4. Anti-Americanism
and Moral Equivalence Part 7 Part II: Americana Chapter 8 5. Our Society
and Its Celebrities Chapter 9 6. Watching Celebrities Chapter 10 7. Michael
Moore: New Political Celebrity Chapter 11 8. The Chronic Ailments of
Television News Chapter 12 9. Why Americans Like SUVs Chapter 13 10.
Stereotyping and the Decline of Common Sense Chapter 14 11. An Islamic
Requirement on Campus Chapter 15 12. History Repeats Itself: Tawana Brawley
and the "Exotic Dancer" at Duke Chapter 16 13. Rehabilitating the Great
Books: Literature and Life Chapter 17 14. The Counterculture of the Heart
Chapter 18 15. Old and Busier Than Ever Chapter 19 16. American Travelers
to the Soviet Union Part 20 Part III: Foreign Matters Chapter 21 17.
Alexander Yakovlev Chapter 22 18. Violence of Higher Purpose Chapter 23 19.
The North Korean Gulag Chapter 24 20. Admiring North Korea Chapter 25 21.
The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution Chapter 26 22.
Crossing the Moral Threshold and the Rejection of Communist Systems in
Eastern Europe Chapter 27 23. Ambivalent in Amsterdam Chapter 28 24. Travel
in the Peloponnesos Part 29 Part IV: The Survival and Replenishment of the
Adversary Culture Chapter 30 25. The Resilience of the Adversary Culture
Chapter 31 26. The Chomsky Phenomenon Chapter 32 27. The Banality of Evil
and the Political Culture of Hatred Chapter 33 28. The Left and the
Palestinians Chapter 34 29. The Personal and the Political in Lessing's
Fiction Chapter 35 30. Haven in Cuba Chapter 36 31. Demystifying Marxism
Chapter 37 32. Public Intellectuals and the God that Failed Part 38 Part V:
In Conclusion Chapter 39 33. From a "Builder of Socialism" to
"Free-Floating Intellectual": My Politically Incorrect Career in Sociology