Intimate Strangers : Arendt, Marcuse, Solzhenitsyn, and Said in American Political Discourse.

By: Ritivoi, AndreeaMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (319 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780231537919Subject(s): Arendt, Hannah, -- 1906-1975 -- Influence | Intellectuals -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Marcuse, Herbert, -- 1898-1979 -- Influence | Politics and culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Said, Edward W. -- Influence | United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Intimate Strangers : Arendt, Marcuse, Solzhenitsyn, and Said in American Political DiscourseDDC classification: 320.01 LOC classification: E169.12 -- .R585 2014ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Stranger Persona -- 2. Hannah Arendt: The Thinker and the American Republic -- 3. Herbert Marcuse's German Revolution in America -- 4. Cold War Prophesies: Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Mythological America -- 5. Edward Said and the Clash of Identities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Restoring the legacy of four critics who used their foreignness to challenge America's political complacency.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Stranger Persona -- 2. Hannah Arendt: The Thinker and the American Republic -- 3. Herbert Marcuse's German Revolution in America -- 4. Cold War Prophesies: Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Mythological America -- 5. Edward Said and the Clash of Identities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

Restoring the legacy of four critics who used their foreignness to challenge America's political complacency.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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