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Einband grossThe American Civilizing Process
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The American Civilizing Process

E-BookEPUB2 - DRM Adobe / EPUBE-Book
400 Seiten
Englisch
John Wiley & Sonserschienen am24.04.20131. Auflage
Since 9/11, the American government has presumed to speak and act in the name of civilization . But isthat how the rest of the world sees it? And if not, why not? Stephen Mennell leads up to such contemporary questions through a careful study of the whole span of American development, from the first settlers to the American Empire. He takes a novel approach, analysing the USA s experience in the light of Norbert Elias s theory of civilizing (and decivilizing) processes. Drawing comparisons between the USA and other countries of the world, the topics discussed include: American manners and lifestyles Violence in American society The impact of markets on American social character American expansion, from the frontier to empire The curse of the American Dream and increasing inequality The religiosity of American life Mennell shows how the long-term experience of Americans has been of growing more and more powerful in relation to their neighbours. This has had all-pervasive effects on the way they see themselves, their perception of the rest of the world, and how the rest of the world sees them. Mennell s compelling and provocative account will appeal to anyone concerned about America's role in the world today, including students and scholars of American politics and society.mehr
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KlappentextSince 9/11, the American government has presumed to speak and act in the name of civilization . But isthat how the rest of the world sees it? And if not, why not? Stephen Mennell leads up to such contemporary questions through a careful study of the whole span of American development, from the first settlers to the American Empire. He takes a novel approach, analysing the USA s experience in the light of Norbert Elias s theory of civilizing (and decivilizing) processes. Drawing comparisons between the USA and other countries of the world, the topics discussed include: American manners and lifestyles Violence in American society The impact of markets on American social character American expansion, from the frontier to empire The curse of the American Dream and increasing inequality The religiosity of American life Mennell shows how the long-term experience of Americans has been of growing more and more powerful in relation to their neighbours. This has had all-pervasive effects on the way they see themselves, their perception of the rest of the world, and how the rest of the world sees them. Mennell s compelling and provocative account will appeal to anyone concerned about America's role in the world today, including students and scholars of American politics and society.
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Weitere ISBN/GTIN9780745655383
ProduktartE-Book
EinbandartE-Book
FormatEPUB
Format Hinweis2 - DRM Adobe / EPUB
FormatFormat mit automatischem Seitenumbruch (reflowable)
Erscheinungsjahr2013
Erscheinungsdatum24.04.2013
Auflage1. Auflage
Seiten400 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Dateigrösse1954 Kbytes
Artikel-Nr.2869774
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Genre9201

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface.

Prologue:.

1 'American Civilization'.

The Founding Fathers as Philosophes.

'Progress' and 'American
Civilization'.

Fugitive government and 'American Civilization'.

'Human nature' and 'American
Civilization'.

European absolutism and 'American Civilization'.

Conclusion.

2 'Fellow Americans' and Outsiders.

Others: the Native Americans.

Others: the Blacks.

Others: the Europeans.

Anti-Americanism: How the outsiders view the established.

Conclusion.

3 American Manners under Scrutiny.

American manners books.

Americans observed.

Technology, hygiene and deference.

Victorianism.

Informalization.

Conclusion.

4 American Aristocracies.

The colonial gentry.

The South: American Junkers?.

The North: Working upper classes.

From cumulative to dispersed inequalities?.

A significant absence: an aristocracy of office.

Conclusion.

5 The Market Society.

The constraints of the market.

The constraints of organization.

Conclusion.

6 Violence and Aggressiveness.

Long-term trends in violence.

Is America peculiarly violent?.

Capital punishment.

Conclusion.

7 And wilderness is paradise enow: From Settlements to
Independence.

Autarky, but not terra nullius.

Population.

Early phases of the American state formation process.

Conclusion.

8 Westward Look the Land is Bright: From Frontier to
Empire.

Manifest destiny and latent dynamics: a necessary theoretical
digression.

The balance between the planned and the unplanned in US
territorial expansion.

'Sovereignty' as a function of power ratios.

The Frontier.

Beyond manifest destiny: the beginnings of an American
empire.

Conclusion.

9 Integration Struggles.

Urbanization and resentment of the city.

Immigration.

Growth of the means of ruling.

The breakdown: the Civil War and its aftermath.

A central ambivalence: the armed forces.

Conclusion.

10 The Curse of the American Dream.

Equality and inequality in America.

The American welfare state.

Social mobility in America.

Conclusion: Upwards identification, not mutual
identification?.

11 Involvement, Detachment and American Religiosity.

Fantasy and the growth of knowledge.

American religion in long-term perspective.

Some explanations.

Odd one out - Europe or the USA?.

Conclusion.

12 America and Humanity as a Whole.

'American Social Character': Diminishing contrasts,
increasing varieties.

The problem of the American homo clausus: the We-I balance.

Market fundamentalism and diminishing foresight.

Functional de-democratization.

The American Empire.

Conclusion: path dependency in America and the world.

Notes.

Bibliography.

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