The devils we know :: us and them in America's raucous political culture : essays /
"Is there an American culture? Certainly, says James Morone. Americans are fighting over it now. They have been fighting over it since the first Puritan stepped ashore. Americans hate government (no national health insurance!) and call for more of it (lock 'em up!). They prize democracy (p...
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Zusammenfassung: | "Is there an American culture? Certainly, says James Morone. Americans are fighting over it now. They have been fighting over it since the first Puritan stepped ashore. Americans hate government (no national health insurance!) and call for more of it (lock 'em up!). They prize democracy (power to the people) and scramble to restrict it (the electoral college in the 21st century?). They celebrate opportunity--but only for some (don't let those people in!). Americans proclaim liberty then wrestle over which kind--positive (freedom from want) or negative (no new taxes!)? In this volume Morone offers his own answer to the conundrum of American political culture: It is a perpetual work in progress. Immigrants arrive, excluded groups demand power, and each generation injects new ethnicities, races, religions, ideas, foods, entertainments, sins, and body types into the national mix. The challengers--the devils we know--keep inventing new answers to the nation's fundamental question: Who are we? Each essay in The Devils We Know takes up a different aspect of the creative conflicts that shape America. Ranging from Huck Finn to Obamacare, Morone explores the ways in which culture interacts with other forces--most notably the rules and organizations that channel collective choices. The battle to define the nation's political culture spills over into every area of American life, but three are especially important: democracy, economics, and morals--each, in turn, complicated by race, race, race. Written over 25 years, these essays constitute a closely observed and deeply thoughtful vision of what America is--its ideas, images, rules, institutions, and culture clashes. Together, they explain just why America is the way it is. And what it might become"-- "Morone's lively essays complicate the monolithic view that Americans fear government, celebrate markets, and act as individualists. Yes, they do resist government's meddling in their lives; but given their puritanical bent, they readily exhort the government to ensure that their neighbors don't drink, smoke, take drugs, or have sex with the wrong kind of person. They are also communitarians who go the extra mile for one another. Yet they are always nervous about the many outsiders banging on their democratic door--Blacks, women, immigrants. Rather than a static culture, then, Morone gives the reader a dynamic one that is constantly being remade by those who pass through that door. Morone's readers will come away with a fresh look at America's vibrant and often contentious political culture"-- |
Beschreibung: | Includes index. |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xii, 251 pages) |
ISBN: | 0700621792 9780700621798 |
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520 | 2 | |a "Morone's lively essays complicate the monolithic view that Americans fear government, celebrate markets, and act as individualists. Yes, they do resist government's meddling in their lives; but given their puritanical bent, they readily exhort the government to ensure that their neighbors don't drink, smoke, take drugs, or have sex with the wrong kind of person. They are also communitarians who go the extra mile for one another. Yet they are always nervous about the many outsiders banging on their democratic door--Blacks, women, immigrants. Rather than a static culture, then, Morone gives the reader a dynamic one that is constantly being remade by those who pass through that door. Morone's readers will come away with a fresh look at America's vibrant and often contentious political culture"-- |c Provided by publisher. | |
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spelling | Morone, James A., 1951- author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxcX6MvPWKCVfdHM6BF8C http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89626799 The devils we know : us and them in America's raucous political culture : essays / by James A. Morone. Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2014. 1 online resource (xii, 251 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes index. Print version record. "Is there an American culture? Certainly, says James Morone. Americans are fighting over it now. They have been fighting over it since the first Puritan stepped ashore. Americans hate government (no national health insurance!) and call for more of it (lock 'em up!). They prize democracy (power to the people) and scramble to restrict it (the electoral college in the 21st century?). They celebrate opportunity--but only for some (don't let those people in!). Americans proclaim liberty then wrestle over which kind--positive (freedom from want) or negative (no new taxes!)? In this volume Morone offers his own answer to the conundrum of American political culture: It is a perpetual work in progress. Immigrants arrive, excluded groups demand power, and each generation injects new ethnicities, races, religions, ideas, foods, entertainments, sins, and body types into the national mix. The challengers--the devils we know--keep inventing new answers to the nation's fundamental question: Who are we? Each essay in The Devils We Know takes up a different aspect of the creative conflicts that shape America. Ranging from Huck Finn to Obamacare, Morone explores the ways in which culture interacts with other forces--most notably the rules and organizations that channel collective choices. The battle to define the nation's political culture spills over into every area of American life, but three are especially important: democracy, economics, and morals--each, in turn, complicated by race, race, race. Written over 25 years, these essays constitute a closely observed and deeply thoughtful vision of what America is--its ideas, images, rules, institutions, and culture clashes. Together, they explain just why America is the way it is. And what it might become"-- Provided by publisher. "Morone's lively essays complicate the monolithic view that Americans fear government, celebrate markets, and act as individualists. Yes, they do resist government's meddling in their lives; but given their puritanical bent, they readily exhort the government to ensure that their neighbors don't drink, smoke, take drugs, or have sex with the wrong kind of person. They are also communitarians who go the extra mile for one another. Yet they are always nervous about the many outsiders banging on their democratic door--Blacks, women, immigrants. Rather than a static culture, then, Morone gives the reader a dynamic one that is constantly being remade by those who pass through that door. Morone's readers will come away with a fresh look at America's vibrant and often contentious political culture"-- Provided by publisher. Part 1. Is there an American political culture -- Is there an American political culture? -- John Stuart Mill and American liberalism -- The bias in American politics: rationing health care in a weak state -- Huckleberry Finn's hard racial lesson -- Part 2. Wealth and power -- What happened to populism? The lost causes of William Jennings Bryan -- Good for nothing: failure in America -- An empire of greed -- The wages of inequality -- Part 3. Morals and politics -- The corrosive politics of virtue -- Enemies of the people: the moral dimension to public health -- How the personal becomes political: prohibitions, public health, and obesity -- The curious role of argument in the history of health reform -- A bipartisan surprise? Obamacare in the states -- Who are we? Us and them and the Boston Marathon bombing. National characteristics, American. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85089950 Political culture United States. Cultural pluralism United States. Social conflict United States. United States Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140511 United States Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410 Diversité culturelle États-Unis. États-Unis Conditions sociales. États-Unis Politique et gouvernement. POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General bisacsh Cultural pluralism fast National characteristics, American fast Political culture fast Politics and government fast Social conditions fast Social conflict fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq Print version: 9780700621798 UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies. FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2107795 Volltext |
spellingShingle | Morone, James A., 1951- The devils we know : us and them in America's raucous political culture : essays / UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies. Part 1. Is there an American political culture -- Is there an American political culture? -- John Stuart Mill and American liberalism -- The bias in American politics: rationing health care in a weak state -- Huckleberry Finn's hard racial lesson -- Part 2. Wealth and power -- What happened to populism? The lost causes of William Jennings Bryan -- Good for nothing: failure in America -- An empire of greed -- The wages of inequality -- Part 3. Morals and politics -- The corrosive politics of virtue -- Enemies of the people: the moral dimension to public health -- How the personal becomes political: prohibitions, public health, and obesity -- The curious role of argument in the history of health reform -- A bipartisan surprise? Obamacare in the states -- Who are we? Us and them and the Boston Marathon bombing. National characteristics, American. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85089950 Political culture United States. Cultural pluralism United States. Social conflict United States. Diversité culturelle États-Unis. POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General bisacsh Cultural pluralism fast National characteristics, American fast Political culture fast Politics and government fast Social conditions fast Social conflict fast |
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title | The devils we know : us and them in America's raucous political culture : essays / |
title_auth | The devils we know : us and them in America's raucous political culture : essays / |
title_exact_search | The devils we know : us and them in America's raucous political culture : essays / |
title_full | The devils we know : us and them in America's raucous political culture : essays / by James A. Morone. |
title_fullStr | The devils we know : us and them in America's raucous political culture : essays / by James A. Morone. |
title_full_unstemmed | The devils we know : us and them in America's raucous political culture : essays / by James A. Morone. |
title_short | The devils we know : |
title_sort | devils we know us and them in america s raucous political culture essays |
title_sub | us and them in America's raucous political culture : essays / |
topic | National characteristics, American. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85089950 Political culture United States. Cultural pluralism United States. Social conflict United States. Diversité culturelle États-Unis. POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General bisacsh Cultural pluralism fast National characteristics, American fast Political culture fast Politics and government fast Social conditions fast Social conflict fast |
topic_facet | National characteristics, American. Political culture United States. Cultural pluralism United States. Social conflict United States. United States Social conditions. United States Politics and government. Diversité culturelle États-Unis. États-Unis Conditions sociales. États-Unis Politique et gouvernement. POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General Cultural pluralism National characteristics, American Political culture Politics and government Social conditions Social conflict United States |
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