Steven Johnston

The Truth about Patriotism

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Produktbeschreibung

Critique of the role of patriotism in democratic theory and its manifestation in popular culture as a mode of conceptualizing national cohesion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9780822341109
• ISBN-10: 0822341107
• Artikelnr.: 22870956

Autorenporträt

Steven Johnston is Associate Professor in the Department of Government and International Affairs at the University of South Florida. He is the author of Encountering Tragedy: Rousseau and the Project of Democratic Order.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
1. “Without External Picturesqueness,” Or, Why I Am Not a Patriot 1
2. This Patriotism Which Is Not One 21
3. Iconic Drama I: The Mortal Logic of Enmity 64
4. Iconic Drama II: The Socratic Way of Death 89
5. The American Memorial/Monument Complex I: The Architecture of Democratic
Monuments 115
6. The American Memorial/Monument Complex II: Political Not Patriotic 138
7. Patriotism and Death: Wounded Patriotic Attachments 161
8. Bruce Springsteen and the Tragedy of the American Dream 198
Notes 233
Bibliography 269
Index 279