Modern Jeremiahs
Contemporary Visions of American Decline
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ISBN-13:
9780739121924
Veröffentl:
2008
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.04.2008
Seiten:
204
Autor:
Mark Stephen Jendrysik
Gewicht:
339 g
Format:
229x152x12 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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.
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
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