Civic war and the corruption of the citizen
By: Peter Alexander Meyers.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9780226522081
Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence; War on Terrorism, 2001-; Cold War; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-; United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From shock to terror; title: From terror to war; title: The circle of war and emergency; title: The regeneration of emergency through violence; title: The Cold War is not over; title: The distemper of monocracy; title: The Cold War today; title: Today's Cold War in the system of civic war; title: Civic war and the monocratic tendency; title: Two poles of power : monocratic omnipotence and Jeffersonian justification; title: Phases of communication : secrets, lies, and publicness; title: The export of "moral clarity"; title: The Cold War comes home : the revival of Reaganism; title: The breeding ground of monocracy; title: The constitution of power and the corruption of the citizen after September 11th.