Deforming American Political Thought offers an alternative to the dominant American historical imagination, treating issues that range from the nature of Thomas Jefferson's vision of an egalitarian nation to the persistence of racial inequality. Presenting multifaceted arguments that transcend the myopic scope of traditional political discourses, Michael J. Shapiro summons disparate disciplines and genres - architecture, crime stories, novels, films, and jazz/blues music (among others) to provide approaches to the comprehension of diverse facets of American political thought from the founding to the present. The book's various investigations disclose that there have always been dissenting voices, articulated in diverse genres of expression that cast doubt on the moral purpose and exceptionalism of the American mind. This highly anticipated updated second edition features a preface focusing on aesthetic theory and the contributions of artistic genres for political analysis, and a completely new chapter on critical thinking about the US western and urban encounters afforded by the two HBO series, Deadwood and The Wire respectively.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9781138182707
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221379030
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Political Science
Author
Michael J. Shapiro
Publication Name
Deforming American Political Thought: Challenging the Jeffersonian Legacy
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Writing & Reading, Government, Advertising
Publication Year
2016
Type
Référence
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
454g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Michael J. Shapiro
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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