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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... one's political agenda.5 As we will see, there is an important conceptual distinction between demonization and appropriate and very strong criticism, although that line cannot simply be determined by abstract definitions. Deciding where ...
... one's own role or the roles of others in it quite difficult to assess, and most difficult during periods of escalating rhetoric. Demonization as we use the term is a sustained and illicit effort whose purpose is to thoroughly stigmatize ...
... one's own nation in such a way as to ratchet up national chauvinism. In its most obvious form this occurs in run-ups to wars, whether secular or religious, and is nurtured, perhaps even necessary, in the execution of an actual war ...
... one's opponents is reduced to and equated with, and thereby condemned by, charges about the personal character and private behavior of the leader. For many on the right, Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky was most important ...
... one's own position as the only reasonable one is also hardly reserved for the political center. It traverses the entire political spectrum, built as it is into modern political discourse. The premise of our overall approach to ...
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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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