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Civic War and the Corruption of the Citizen
Peter Alexander Meyers
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Description for Civic War and the Corruption of the Citizen
Hardcover. Takes us through the social processes by which shock incites terror, terror invites war, war invokes emergency, and emergency supports unchecked power. This title reveals how the domestic political culture created by the cold war has driven these developments forward since 9/11. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
In this unique book, Peter Alexander Meyers leads us through the social processes by which shock incites terror, terror invites war, war invokes emergency, and emergency supports unchecked power. He then reveals how the domestic political culture created by the cold war has driven these developments forward since 9/11, contending that our failure to acknowledge that this cold war continues today is precisely what makes it so dangerous.With eloquence and urgency Meyers argues that the mantra of our time - 'everything changed on 9/11!'1 - is false and pernicious. By contrast, Civic War and the Corruption of the Citizen provides ... Read more
In this unique book, Peter Alexander Meyers leads us through the social processes by which shock incites terror, terror invites war, war invokes emergency, and emergency supports unchecked power. He then reveals how the domestic political culture created by the cold war has driven these developments forward since 9/11, contending that our failure to acknowledge that this cold war continues today is precisely what makes it so dangerous.With eloquence and urgency Meyers argues that the mantra of our time - 'everything changed on 9/11!'1 - is false and pernicious. By contrast, Civic War and the Corruption of the Citizen provides ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226522081
SKU
V9780226522081
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About Peter Alexander Meyers
Peter Alexander Meyers is professor of American Studies at the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris and is presently a visiting researcher in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
Reviews for Civic War and the Corruption of the Citizen
"This is among the most important analyses that I've seen of what has happened to politics in the wake of the September 11 attacks. No other thinker has so clearly articulated how both terrorism and the response to it threaten democracy by suppressing contentious political speech. Meyers's argument is timely, impressively learned, and compelling." - Craig Calhoun, president of the ... Read more