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The world turned inside out : American thought and culture at the end of the 20th century
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The world turned inside out : American thought and culture at the end of the 20th century / James Livingston.
ISBN
9780742535411 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442201170 (electronic)
Published
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009.
Physical Description
xxii, 181 p. : ill. ; cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 08, 2010
Series
American thought and culture
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface: The world elsewhere is not
Chronology
Origins and effects of the "Reagan revolution"
"Tenured radicals" in the ivory tower
The great divide : what comes after modernity
Signs of signs : watching the "end of modernity" at the cineplex
"Angels in America" : the technologies of desire and recognition
The ending of the "American century"
Appendix: Their Great Depression and ours.
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