The bitter taste of hope : ideals, ideologies, and interests in the age of Obama / Stephen Eric Bonner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bronner, Stephen Eric, 1949- author.

Series:

SUNY series in new political science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obama, Barack.

United States--Politics and government--2009-.

United States.

Politics and government.

United States--Foreign relations--2009-.

International relations.

United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.

Middle East.

Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.

Diplomatic relations.

Physical Description:

ix, 199 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]

Summary:

President Barack Obama was elected to office on a wave of hope. With his tenure as President of the United States now concluded it is time to take stock of his record at home and abroad. The Bitter Taste of Hope is a collection of essays that critically evaluate America's domestic landscape on the one hand, particularly new social movements, and the nation's foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East, on the other. Stephen Eric Bronner engages a wide-ranging set of political and ideological conflicts that defined the "Age of Obama," especially the most pressing international concerns that have developed in accord with an increasingly globalized world. Bronner illuminates not only well-known events like the American involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq, the plight of the Palestinians, and the Arab Spring but also matters about which the general public knows little such as the national hopes of the Circassians, the complexities of Sudan, and the pitiful existence endured by the Coptic Christians of Cairo. Clearly written, lively in its style, interdisciplinary in conception and timely in its message, The Bitter Taste of Hope will undoubtedly prove required reading for activists and academics alike. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Ideals and Interests 9

1 Understanding Utopia 11

2 The Enlightenment Lives! 17

3 Rosa in Cairo 23

4 Counter-Revolution, Enlightenment, Republic: A Cosmopolitan Sketch 29

5 Tolerating Intolerance 39

6 Albert Camus: On the Fiftieth Anniversary of His Death 43

7 Immigrants and Refugees: Krisztian Simon Interviews Stephen Eric Bronner for the Hungarian and East European / Blog Kettos Mérce Mérce, Blog Kettos 47

Part II Murderous Impulses 53

8 Learning the Ropes: Remarks on the Ideological Preconditions for Genocide 55

9 Gaza on My Mind: Old Hopes, Mistaken Assumptions, and New Ideas on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 59

10 Netanyahu's Rhetoric 69

11 Garbage People 73

12 Hidden Nations, Enduring Crimes 77

13 Visiting Assad 81

14 A Short Report on Violence in the United States 87

Part III Rebellion American Style 91

15 Socialism in America 93

16 On Paul Robeson 99

17 Remembering Pitch: Reflections on a Solitary Syndicalist 105

18 Tea Time 111

19 Walking Wall Street 117

20 Vilifying Frances 123

21 One-Dimensional Man at Fifty 127

Part IV War and Peace 133

22 The Sovereign 135

23 Tie Forest and the Trees: The United States in Afghanistan 145

24 Talking in Tehran 151

25 America's Israel 157

26 Closing the Deal: America, Iran, and the Nuclear Treaty of 2015 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bronner, Stephen Eric, 1949- author. Bitter taste of hope.

ISBN:

9781438465494

1438465491

OCLC:

961828673