Liars! Cheaters! Evildoers!: Demonization and the End of Civil Debate in American PoliticsNYU Press, 2005 - Всего страниц: 228 The level of vitriol in American politics has been rising with no end in sight. Terms like “evildoer,” “war on terror,” and “axis of evil” have become commonplace in our discussion of international politics. What ever happened to civil debate? Where has all this moralizing come from? And what harm has this new level of attack caused to democracy in America? |
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... economy still was not producing enough jobs to keep up with increases in population, inequality was widening, and the percentage of Americans losing their health care each year was increasing. Instead of these, the issue that dominated ...
... economic extremes on wealthy individuals who are deemed inherently greedy or “malefactors of great wealth” is hardly more useful for understanding inequality than attributing the high school dropout rate to modern teenagers who are ...
... economic circumstances. Attention to such details will certainly elicit charges of moral relativism by those who seek simple solutions and who have an interest, whether personal or political, in having an enemy to blame. Such moral ...
... economic and cultural need to be pulled simultaneously in puritanical and hedonistic directions, and suggest its consequences for political demonization, American-style. In chapter 4 we examine the depth and nature of the political and ...
... economic self-reliance prevailed and military action took a long time to carry out. Today, a global network of interconnected markets may react to declining faith in a president, for example weakening the dollar and thereby affecting ...
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Americas Moral Paradox | 44 |
4 The Deep Divide and the Most Vulnerable | 64 |
Part II
Demonization and Wars Seeking the Enemy | 85 |
6 Terror Evil and the New Cold War | 102 |
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Terror Wars and Culture Wars | 129 |
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Preserve the Environment Become an Environmental Sport | 149 |
Conclusion | 164 |
Notes | 199 |
Index | 221 |
About the Authors | 228 |
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