The Myth Of American Idealism
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Author | : Noam Chomsky |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2024-10-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0593656326 |
From one of the world’s most prominent thinkers, an urgent warning of the threat that U.S. power poses to humanity’s future as well as a sharp indictment of both American foreign policy and the national myths that support it The Myth of American Idealism offers a timely and comprehensive introduction to the incisive critiques of U.S. power that have made Noam Chomsky a “global phenomenon,” one of the most widely known public intellectuals of all time. Surveying the history of U.S. military and economic activity around the world, Chomsky and his co-author Nathan J. Robinson vividly trace the way the American pursuit of global domination has wrought havoc in country after country – without, ironically, making Americans any safer. And they explore how dominant elites in the United States have pushed self-serving myths about this country’s commitment to “spreading democracy,” while pursuing a reckless foreign policy that served the interest of few and endangered all too many. Chomsky and Robinson range across the globe, offering penetrating accounts of Washington’s relationship with the Global South, its role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan –all justified with noble stories about humanitarian missions and the benevolent intentions of American policy makers. The same kinds of myths that have led to repeated disastrous wars, they argue, are now driving us closer to wars with Russia and China that imperil humanity’s future. Examining nuclear proliferation and climate change, they show how U.S. policies are continuing to exacerbate global threats. For well over half a century, Noam Chomsky has committed himself to exposing governing ideologies and criticizing his country’s unchecked use of military power. At once thorough and devastating, urgent and provocative, The Myth of American Idealism offers a highly readable entry to the conclusions he has come to after a lifetime of thought and activism.
Author | : Bliss Perry |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : American literature |
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Release | : 2007 |
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Author | : Bliss Perry |
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Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 2017-08-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781375428354 |
Author | : Luther Allan Weigle |
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Release | : 1928 |
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Author | : Gustavus Myers |
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Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Idealism |
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Author | : Gustave Rodrigues |
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Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : National characteristics, American |
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Author | : Bliss 1860 Perry |
Publisher | : Wentworth Press |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2016-08-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781360230535 |
Author | : D. L. Mayfield |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2020-05-05 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 083084824X |
Affluence, autonomy, safety, and power—the central values of the American dream. But are they compatible with Jesus' command to love our neighbor as ourselves? In essays grouped around these four values, D. L. Mayfield asks us to pay attention to the ways they shape our own choices, and the ways those choices affect our neighbors.
Author | : Godfrey Hodgson |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Exceptionalism |
ISBN | : 9780300125702 |
The idea that the United States is destined to spread its unique gifts of democracy and capitalism to other countries is dangerous for Americans and for the rest of the world, warns Godfrey Hodgson in this provocative book. Hodgson, a shrewd and highly respected British commentator, argues that America is not as exceptional as it would like to think; its blindness to its own history has bred a complacent nationalism and a disastrous foreign policy that has isolated and alienated it from the global community. Tracing the development of America’s high self regard from the early days of the republic to the present era, Hodgson demonstrates how its exceptionalism has been systematically exaggerated and—in recent decades—corrupted. While there have been distinct and original elements in America’s history and political philosophy, notes Hodgson, these have always been more heavily influenced by European thought and experience than Americans have been willing to acknowledge. A stimulating and timely assessment of how America’s belief in its exceptionalism has led it astray, this book is mandatory reading for its citizens, admirers, and detractors.