The Post-Liberal Imagination

Political Scenes from the American Cultural Landscape

Bruce Baum (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

257 Seiten

2014 | 2016 ed.
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-57761-3 (ISBN)

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In The Post-Liberal Imagination , Bruce Baum approaches American liberalism 'in a critical spirit' by examining the relationship between popular culture and politics. The book analyzes movies, television, and popular music to rethink the liberal views of democracy, equality, racism, dissent, and animal rights in the Bush-Obama era.

PART I: INTRODUCTION1. Keep on Rockin' in the Free World 2. 'Humpday,' 'Soul Power,' and the Politics of Hip 3. The Hero America Deserves? The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, and the Liberalism of Fear

4. Apes, Humans, and Other

PART II: ANIMALS: PROJECT NIM AND RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES5. Hollywood's Crisis of Capitalism: 'Inside Job' and 'The Company Men' 6. Occupy Wall Street, Steve Jobs's 'Genius,' and Mad Men: Reflections on the DemocraticPART III: IMAGINATION 7. Hollywood on Race in the Age of Obama 8. President Obama and the White Problem Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	26.05.2016
Zusatzinfo	Bibliography
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
Schlagworte	animals rights • Critical theory • culture industry • Democracy • Education • Environmentalism • Equality • fear • Ideology • Imagination • Liberalism • Lionel Trilling • movies: 12 Years a Slave • popular culture • President Barack Obama • Race • Racism • The Dark Knight • The Dark Knight Rises • whiteness
ISBN-10	1-349-57761-8 / 1349577618
ISBN-13	978-1-349-57761-3 / 9781349577613
Zustand	Neuware