Johnston The Truth about Patriotism

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9049-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten

Critique of the role of patriotism in democratic theory and its manifestation in popular culture as a mode of conceptualizing national cohesion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnston, Steven

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

1. “Without External Picturesqueness,” Or, Why I Am Not a Patriot 1

2. This Patriotism Which Is Not One 21

3. Iconic Drama I: The Mortal Logic of Enmity 64

4. Iconic Drama II: The Socratic Way of Death 89

5. The American Memorial/Monument Complex I: The Architecture of Democratic Monuments 115

6. The American Memorial/Monument Complex II: Political Not Patriotic 138

7. Patriotism and Death: Wounded Patriotic Attachments 161

8. Bruce Springsteen and the Tragedy of the American Dream 198

Notes 233

Bibliography 269

Index 279

Über Autor(innen)

Steven Johnston is Associate Professor in the Department of Government and International Affairs at the University of South Florida. He is the author of Encountering Tragedy: Rousseau and the Project of Democratic Order.