Buried Alive
Permeating this collection of provocative and inspiring essays is a closely reasoned, impassioned defense of the American "republic"--and at the same time a multi-faceted attack on the corrupting influences of the American "nation." Karp, a contributing editor to Harper's Magazine who died in 1989, ranges far and wide in driving home his twin messages . Karp deeply resents our idolatry of Woodrow Wilson and Bobby Kennedy and exposes their undemocratic politics; he excoriates American education today for abandoning the goal of creating "an informed citizenry" and for substituting the goals of "industrial training" and "tribal identity"; he criticizes the news media for being government's best publicists; and he effectively argues that our TV soap operas are not an unhealthy sign of American individualism. Open-minded readers of Karp's vibrant prose will be rethinking our country's past history, present politics, and uncertain future for some time to come. For larger political collections.- Jack Forman, Mesa Coll. Lib., San DiegoCopyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.