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Modern Jeremiahs: Contemporary Visions of American Decline

Autor Mark Stephen Jendrysik
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 mar 2008
One of the most enduring themes in American political discourse is the idea of decline. Since the very beginnings of the European settlement of North America there have been voices pointing to an inevitable regression of the people from the standards set by heroic ancestors. This discourse of decay has often taken the form of the jeremiad in which public intellectuals, pundits, and politicians point to the causes of decline and call for a return to older and nobler standards of conduct. The Jeremiad has seen a revival in the last 25 years. Jendrysik traces the history of this form of political discourse from its modern reinvention by Allan Bloom to its current uses by such figures as Bill O'Reilly and Hillary Clinton.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780739121924
ISBN-10: 0739121928
Pagini: 193
Dimensiuni: 155 x 230 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Lexington Books
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Chapter 1 Dedication
Chapter 2 Table of Contents
Chapter 3 Acknowledgements
Chapter 4 1 America in Decline: An Idea Whose Time Has Always Come
Chapter 5 2 The Styles of the American Jeremiah
Chapter 6 3 Allan Bloom: Founding Father of the Modern Jeremiad
Chapter 7 4 Culture Warriors vs. the Boomers and Bill Clinton
Chapter 8 5 Bill O'Reilly and Michael Moore: Populist Jeremiahs
Chapter 9 6 Nativist Jeremiahs
Chapter 10 7 Jeremiah and Jihad: 9/11 and American Decline
Chapter 11 8 Hillary Rodham Clinton: Ambivalent Jeremiah?
Chapter 12 9 The Jeremiad and American Democracy
Chapter 13 Bibliography
Chapter 14 Index
Chapter 15 About the Author

Recenzii

Modern Jeremiahs explores America's favorite narrative - the dire warning of terrible decline. We've been going to hell in a hand basket since the Puritans arrived. But, as Jendrysik artfully demonstrates, our tales of woe have profoundly changed - and with far reaching consequences. Elegant, engaging, infuriating, funny, insightful and highly recommended.
A useful examination of the prominent themes of neoconservative social and political thought of the past several decades and an effective criticism of the dangers of this form of political thought. Recommended.
Modern Jeremiahs draws attention to a prominent yet puzzling fixture of contemporary political argument: the narrative of decline at a time of significant economic and military strength. While carefully rooted in the history of American political thought, this highly engaging study focuses on the appeal of such rhetoric in the last two decades among commentators on both right and left. Jendrysik invites us to look more carefully at the multiple uses of the jeremiad and ultimately at its serious limitations in prompting social change.