America And Its Critics
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America And Its Critics
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Author : Sergio Fabbrini
language : en
Publisher: Polity
Release Date : 2008-09-22
America And Its Critics written by Sergio Fabbrini and has been published by Polity this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-22 with Political Science categories.
No other country in the world evokes such contrasting sentiments as the United States of America. This is not new, but it has become particularly virulent in recent years. The reason is simple: after the end of the cold war America has remained the only super power in the world. Or rather, it has become a veritable hyper-power without apparent limits to the exercise of its power. The fate of the world lies in large part in its hands. This book analyses the most widespread criticisms of American democracy – namely , that it is plebiscitary, devoid of voters, unduly favours the rich, and imperial. It shows that these criticisms fail to hit the mark. Yet even if its vices are fewer and different from what its critics often claim, American democracy cannot be read as an exemplary catalogue of virtues, as its apologists would have it. Resting on contradictions rather than coherence, American democracy cannot be seen as a model and even less as an ideology. Rather it should be understood as a method. Clearing away the misunderstandings and prejudices that cloud contemporary debates about America, this book brings out with exceptional clarity the strengths as well as the weaknesses of the American democratic experience. In a century when no country can hope to escape from the influence of American power, it is vital to understand both.
Rave Reviews
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Author : Avis Berman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Rave Reviews written by Avis Berman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Art categories.
A history of American art and its criticism as seen through the eyes of contemporary viewers and critics.
American Drama And Its Critics
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Author : Alan Downer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
American Drama And Its Critics written by Alan Downer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with American drama categories.
Criticism In America
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Author : Irving Babbitt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Criticism In America written by Irving Babbitt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with categories.
It S Only A Movie
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Author : Raymond J. Haberski
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
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It S Only A Movie written by Raymond J. Haberski and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Performing Arts categories.
Once derided as senseless entertainment, movies have gradually assumed a place among the arts. Raymond Haberski's provocative and insightful book traces the trajectory of this evolution throughout the twentieth century, from nickelodeon amusements to the age of the financial blockbuster. Haberski begins by looking at the barriers to film's acceptance as an art form, including the Chicago Motion Picture Commission hearings of 1918--1920, one of the most revealing confrontations over the use of censorship in the motion picture industry. He then examines how movies overcame the stigma attached to popular entertainment through such watershed events as the creation of the Museum of Modern Art's Film Library in the 1920s. The arguments between Pauline Kael and Andrew Sarris's heralded a golden age of criticism, and Haberski focuses on the roles of Kael, Sarris, James Agee, Roger Ebert, and others, in the creation of "cinephilia." Described by Susan Sontag as "born of the conviction that cinema was an art unlike any other," this love of cinema centered on coffee houses, universities, art theaters, film festivals, and, of course, foreign films. The lively debates over the place of movies in American culture began to wane in the 1970s. Haberski places the blame on the loss of cultural authority and on the increasing irrelevance of the meaning of art. He concludes with a persuasive call for the re-emergence of a middle ground between art and entertainment, "something more complex, ambiguous, and vexing -- something worth thought."
Criticism In America Its Functions And Status
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Author : Irving Babbitt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1924
Criticism In America Its Functions And Status written by Irving Babbitt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1924 with American literature categories.
Democracy And Its Critics
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Author : Jon Roper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Democracy And Its Critics written by Jon Roper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Political Science categories.
Originally published in 1989, a guide for students coming for the first time to the study of democracy, who often find it difficult to trace the developement of the idea and to place it in historical context. In this accesible and informative text, Jon Roper introduces the reader to arguments for and against criticisms of the concept of democracy. He does so through examination of the statements and writings of major nineteenth-century politicians and philosophers, in the United States and the United Kingdom.
The Rebirth Of American Literary Theory And Criticism
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Author : H. Aram Veeser
language : en
Publisher: Anthem Press
Release Date : 2020-11-27
The Rebirth Of American Literary Theory And Criticism written by H. Aram Veeser and has been published by Anthem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The interviewees of this volume fall into three groups: the main players who brought about the rise of theory (Fish, Gallop, Spivak, Bhabha); a younger group of post-theorists (Bérubé, Dimock, Nealon, Warren); the anti-critique theorists (Felski); and new order theorists (Puchner, Wolfe). They discuss elemental questions, such as trying to grasp what was logic and what was rhetoric; trying to see down the road while fog and turmoil held visibility to arm’s length; and trying to pick legible meanings out of the cultural blanket of deafening noise. Theorists were not only good thinkers but also pioneers who were seeking profound transformations.
American Cultural Critics
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Author : David Murray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
American Cultural Critics written by David Murray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
This collection of essays assesses the work of a number of American intellectuals, including Susan Sontag, F.O. Mathieson, Daniel Bell and Hannah Arendt, who have addressed issues of culture and its multifaceted relations to politics, history, sociology and literary criticism. Concentrating on writing since 1940, the essays examine the central themes of American postwar intellectual history, including the continuing reaction to (or against) modernity and technology, the legacies of Marxism and psychoanalysis, and the re-examination of American founding principles and figures in conservative or liberal terms.
Democracy And Its Critics
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Author : Jon Roper
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Australia
Release Date : 1989
Democracy And Its Critics written by Jon Roper and has been published by Allen & Unwin Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Political Science categories.