The secret knowledge
Subtitle: on the dismantling of America culture
By: David Mamet
Publisher: Sentinel
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781595230768
Subjects: Politics and government; Political culture; Right and left (Political science)
Description: For the past thirty years, David Mamet has been a controversial and defining force in theater and film, championing the most cherished liberal values along the way. His characters have explored the ethics of the business world, embodied the struggles of the oppressed, and faced the flaws of the capitalist system. But in recent years Mamet has had a change of heart. He realized that the so-called mainstream media outlets he relied on were irredeemably biased, peddling a hypocritical, flawed worldview. In 2008 he wrote a controversial op-ed for The Village Voice, "Why I Am No Longer a 'Brain-Dead Liberal,'" in which he methodically eviscerated liberal beliefs. Now he goes much deeper, employing his trademark intellectual force and vigor to take on all the key political and cultural issues of our times, from religion to political correctness to global warming.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.