Civic War and the Corruption of the Citizen - ISBN:0226522083

Civic War and the Corruption of the Citizen

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Civic War and the Corruption of the Citizen
By Peter Alexander Meyers
* Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
* Number Of Pages: 376
* Publication Date: 2008-12-15
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0226522083
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780226522081
Product Description:
In this unique book, Peter Alexander Meyers leads us through the social processes by which shock incites terror, terror invites war, war invokes emergency, and emergency supports unchecked power. He then reveals how the domestic political culture created by the Cold War has driven these developments forward since 9/11, contending that our failure to acknowledge that this Cold War continues today is precisely what makes it so dangerous.
With eloquence and urgency Meyers argues that the mantra of our time—“everything changed on 9/11!”—is false and pernicious. By contrast, Civic War and the Corruption of the Citizen provides a novel account of long-term transformations in the citizen’s experience of war, the constitution of political powers, and public uses of communication, and from that firm historical basis explains how a convergence of these social facts became the pretext for unprecedented opportunism and irresponsibility after 9/11. Where others have observed that our rights are under attack, Meyers digs deeper and finds that today “government by the people” itself is at risk.
Sparkling with historical and philosophical insight, this is a dramatic diagnosis of the American political scene that at once makes clear the new position of the citizen and the necessity for active citizenship if democracy is to endure.
Summary: Brilliant author
Rating: 5
A brilliant and important book with a profound knowledge of history underpinning remarks on the Bush administration and influences on present-day citizens. This book ranges across the disciplines of psychology, political science, sociology, philosophy, literature and yet is well-written for a general, serious-minded audience. His opening description of a reaction to the 9/11 attack is remarkable.

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