American thought and culture in the 21st century / edited by Martin Halliwell and Catherine Morley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Halliwell, Martin, editor.

Morley, Catherine, 1977- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Civilization--21st century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 324 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

American Thought & Culture in the 21st Century

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Will the twenty-first century be the next American Century? Will American power and ideas dominate the globe in the coming years? Or is the prestige of the United States likely to crumble beneath the pressure of new international challenges? This ground-breaking book explores the changing patterns of American thought and culture at the dawn of the new millennium, when the world's richest nation has never been more powerful or more controversial. It brings together some of the most eminent North American and European thinkers to investigate the crucial issues and challenges facing the United States during the early years of our new century. From the subterranean political shifts beneath the electoral landscape to the latest biomedical advances, from the literary response to 9/11 to the rise of reality television, this book explores the political, social and cultural contours of contemporary American life - but it also places the United States within a global narrative of commerce, cultural exchange, international diplomacy, ideological conflict and war. These eighteen new essays address such pressing issues as leadership, foreign policy, propaganda, religion, health, technology, immigration, 9/11 culture and digital media. Searching for the roots of our contemporary concerns, the authors look back to the Clinton years and even earlier periods of twentieth-century American life. But they also look forward to the new horizons of the century to come - to the unanticipated dangers of a global future and to the soaring possibilities of American enterprise and imagination.

Contents:

Introduction : The next American century? / Martin Halliwell, Catherine Morley

pt. 1: Politics. American politics in the 1990s and 2000s / Dominic Sandbrook

American leadership in to the new century / John Dumbrell

9/11 and US foreign policy / David Ryan

Three variations on American liberalism / Peter Kuryla

The rise of postmodern conservatism / Kevin Mattson

US propaganda / Nancy Snow

pt. 2: Society. Contemporary social criticism / Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn

Religion in post-secular America / Wilfred M. McClay

The US and globalisation / Howard Brick

The future of medicine / Christopher Thomas Scott

Technology in the 21st century / Carroll Pursell

America and the environment / John Wills

pt. 3: Culture. Contemporary American culture / Martin Halliwell

Cultural pluralism and national identity / Rebecca Tillett

Writing in the wake of 9/11 / Catherine Morley

American ways of seeing / Liam Kennedy

Television and digital media / Lynn Spigel, Max Dawson

Animation and digital culture / Paul Wells.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-317) and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

9786611947729

9780748670673

074867067X

9781281947727

1281947725

9780748631322

0748631321

OCLC:

437240916