Title: For Common Things
Subtitle: irony, trust, and commitment in America today
Description: "Jedediah Purdy persuasively argues the necessity and satisfactions of social and political reengagement and of renewed attention to the "common things" we all have a stake in: the environment, education, culture, law, and government. Drawing on a wide range of sources - from Thoreau to Seinfeld - he contemplates such questions as the use of irony in popular culture, the breakdown of our political processes, and the moral and legal dilemmas posed by technological advances.

In these and other discussions, he lures us away from disbelief and detachment toward a sincere devotion to the healing and betterment of society."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Social conditions, Politics and government, Social participation, Social action, United states, social conditions, 1980-, Irony
Places: United States
Time periods: 1993-2001, 1980-