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How have national pride and American patriotism come to seem an endorsement of atrocities - from slavery to the slaughter of Native Americans, from the rape of ancient forests to the Vietnam War? Achieving Our Country traces the sources of this debilitating mentality of shame in the Left, as well as the harm it does to its proponents and to the country. At the center of this history is the conflict between the Old Left and the New that arose during the Vietnam War.
Richard Rorty describes how the paradoxical victory of the antiwar movement, ushering in the Nixon years, encouraged a disillusioned generation of intellectuals to pursue "High Theory" at the expense of considering the place of ideas in our common life.
In the absence of a vibrant, active Left, the views of intellectuals on the American Right have come to dominate the public sphere. This galvanizing book, adapted from Rorty's Massey Lectures of 1997, takes the first step toward redressing the imbalance in American cultural life by rallying those on the Left to the civic engagement and inspiration needed for "achieving our country."
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History, Radicalism, Right and left (Political science), Radicals, Radicalisme, Toekomstverwachtingen, Histoire, Radicaux (Politique), Gauche (Science politique), Links (politiek), Political science, united states, Political science, philosophy, Philosophy, american, Die Linke, Intellektueller, Linksradikalismus, Politisches Engagement, Reformpolitik, Theorie, Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und AuswandererPlaces
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Achieving Our Country : Leftist Thought in Twentieth-Century America
September 1, 1999, Harvard University Press
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Achieving our country: leftist thought in twentieth-century America
1998, Harvard University Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-151) and index.
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