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OverviewThis book tackles the question of why the United States is so resistant to radical change towards economic justice and peace. Taking full stock of the despair that launched the popular support for Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, Swanger historicizes the political paralysis of post-1974 United States that deepened already severe economic inequalities, asking how the terrain for social movements in the early twenty-first-century US differs from that of the 1960s. This terrain is marked by the entrenchment of neoliberalism, anti-intellectualism, and difficulties paradoxically posed by the ease of social media. Activists now must contend with a paralyzing “post-factual” moment. Alain Badiou’s thought informs this book on breaking through contemporary political paralysis. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joanna SwangerPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017 Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 4.447kg ISBN: 9783319820088ISBN 10: 3319820087 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 22 April 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Paul: Patron Saint of the Post-Factual .- The Lure of the Ancient Regime .- Nothing But The Truth .- Nothing Cures Malaise Quite Like Torture .- To Have Seen Too Much: The 1960s and the Turning of the Camera .- Now What?.ReviewsAuthor InformationJoanna Swanger is Associate Professor and Director of the Peace and Global Studies Program at Earlham College, USA. Her most recent publication is Rebel Lands of Cuba: The Campesino Struggles of Oriente and Escambray, 1934-1974 (2015). Her scholarly work focuses on the intersection of social justice movements and resistance encountered by those movements. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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