Everybody Knows : Cynicism in America.

By: Chaloupka, WilliamMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1999Copyright date: ©1999Description: 1 online resource (260 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780816652778Subject(s): Cynicism -- United States | Public opinion -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Everybody Knows : Cynicism in AmericaDDC classification: 303.3/8/0973 | 303.380973 LOC classification: HN90.P8 -- C545 1999ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Cynicism -- 1. Socrates-Gone Mad: Diogenes and the Cynical Tradition -- 2. The Values Remedy: Community, Civility, and Belief -- 3. Cynics-in-Power: Manipulations, Lies, and Empty Gestures -- 4. Wig Cynics: American Antipolitics and Its Uses -- Part II: Cultural Crisis -- 5. A Brief History of American Cynicism -- 6. Federalists and Liberals: Setting the Stage for Cynicism -- 7. Why Americans Hate Politics: The Cynicism Trap -- 8. Medium, Media, Mediate: Television and Cynicism -- 9. Bush, Burned: The Patterns of Televised Politics -- 10. The Uses of Backlash: Applied Cynicism -- 11. The Age of Resentment: Advanced Applied Cynicism -- Part III: Alternatives -- 12. Marge the Stoic: The Coens' Fargo and Civic Solutions -- 13. "So What?": Another Side of Cynicism -- 14. Teachings of the Demonstration: Representation in the Streets -- 15. Politics after Cynicism -- 16. Solutions and Conclusions -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
Summary: In this biting and controversial analysis-now available in paperback-William Chaloupka scrutinizes the cynicism that is our common condition, examining both its uses in the politics of backlash and resentment and its surprisingly positive aspects. "A provocative study of political cynicism and pessimism." New York Review of Books.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Cynicism -- 1. Socrates-Gone Mad: Diogenes and the Cynical Tradition -- 2. The Values Remedy: Community, Civility, and Belief -- 3. Cynics-in-Power: Manipulations, Lies, and Empty Gestures -- 4. Wig Cynics: American Antipolitics and Its Uses -- Part II: Cultural Crisis -- 5. A Brief History of American Cynicism -- 6. Federalists and Liberals: Setting the Stage for Cynicism -- 7. Why Americans Hate Politics: The Cynicism Trap -- 8. Medium, Media, Mediate: Television and Cynicism -- 9. Bush, Burned: The Patterns of Televised Politics -- 10. The Uses of Backlash: Applied Cynicism -- 11. The Age of Resentment: Advanced Applied Cynicism -- Part III: Alternatives -- 12. Marge the Stoic: The Coens' Fargo and Civic Solutions -- 13. "So What?": Another Side of Cynicism -- 14. Teachings of the Demonstration: Representation in the Streets -- 15. Politics after Cynicism -- 16. Solutions and Conclusions -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.

In this biting and controversial analysis-now available in paperback-William Chaloupka scrutinizes the cynicism that is our common condition, examining both its uses in the politics of backlash and resentment and its surprisingly positive aspects. "A provocative study of political cynicism and pessimism." New York Review of Books.

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