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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... today, and for that reason it merits a more focused and broadly based analysis than it has received. Defining Demonization To demonize, the dictionary tells us, is “to convert into a demon,” or “to infuse the principles or fury of a ...
... today call deviance was understood. In some quarters, particularly on the religious right, it still is. Accusing others of demonizing is a strong charge. We recognize that when we ourselves claim that certain writers or political ...
... Today this is even true when the allegations are launched against foreign cultures that at one time could have simply been branded with racist stereotypes based upon purported natural characteristics. Even with today's fear of radical ...
... today's more ethnically and racially tolerant political climate, overt domestic racial or ethnic demonization is at the fringe. Yet similar objectives can be achieved in other ways. Perhaps the most recognizable example is the way in ...
... Today personal attacks on leaders play out in a very different world than earlier in our history, and their consequences can even be international. Jefferson's world was one in which a relative degree of economic self-reliance prevailed ...
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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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