Civic War and the Corruption of the Citizen (Hardcover)

In this unique book, Peter Alexander Meyers leads us through the social processes by which shock incites terror, terror invites war, war invokes emergency, and emergency supports unchecked power. He then reveals how the domestic political culture created by the Cold War has driven these developments forward since 9/11, contending that our failure to acknowledge that "this" Cold War continues today is precisely what makes it so dangerous. With eloquence and urgency Meyers argues that the mantra of our time--"everything changed on 9/11 "--is false and pernicious. By contrast, "Civic War and the Corruption of the Citizen" provides a novel account of long-term transformations in the citizen's experience of war, the constitution of political powers, and public uses of communication, and from that firm historical basis explains how a convergence of these social facts became the pretext for unprecedented opportunism and irresponsibility after 9/11. Where others have observed that our rights are under attack, Meyers digs deeper and finds that today "government by the people" itself is at risk. Sparkling with historical and philosophical insight, this is a dramatic diagnosis of the American political scene that at once makes clear the new position of the citizen and the necessity for active citizenship if democracy is to endure.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2008
First published:	December 2008
Authors:	Peter Alexander Meyers
Dimensions:	236 x 161 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	376
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-52208-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > General Promotions
LSN:	0-226-52208-3
Barcode:	9780226522081

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