For cultural critic Paul Smith, the tension between progressive and primitive is a constitutive condition of American history and culture. In Primitive America, Smith contemplates this primary contradiction as it has played out in the years since 9/11. Indeed, he writes, much of what has happened since-events that have seemed to many to be novel and egregious-can be explained by this foundational dialectic.
An urgent and important engagement with current American policies and practices, Primitive America is, at the same time, an incisive critique of the ideology that fuels the ethos of America's capitalist culture.
- ISBN:
- 9780816628278
- 9780816628278
-
Category:
- Cultural studies
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
-
01-05-2007
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 176
- Dimensions (mm):
- 216x137x10mm
- Weight:
- 0.18kg
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