The world turned inside out
Subtitle: American thought and culture at the end of the 20th century
By: James Livingston.
Series: American thought and culture
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780742535411; 9781442201170
Subjects: Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: The world elsewhere is not; title: Chronology; title: Origins and effects of the "Reagan revolution"; title: "Tenured radicals" in the ivory tower; title: The great divide : what comes after modernity; title: Signs of signs : watching the "end of modernity" at the cineplex; title: "Angels in America" : the technologies of desire and recognition; title: The ending of the "American century"; title: Appendix: Their Great Depression and ours.