The Good Citizen
1st Edition
Published on 4. February 2014
144 pages
978-1-135-30287-0 (ISBN)
Description
In The Good Citizen, some of the most eminent contemporary thinkers take up the question of the future of American democracy in an age of globalization, growing civic apathy, corporate unaccountability, and purported fragmentation of the American common identity by identity politics.
Reviews / Votes
"The insights on racial influences and immigration and citizenship rights are debated in essays which are powerful and insightful." -- The Midwest Book Review"Thoughtful and thought-provoking essays on a topic of inestimable importance." -- Kirkus Reviews
"This collection of essays by nine intellectuals is thought-provoking, passionate, and stirring...this is required reading for all citizens." -- Library Journal
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
1,95 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-135-30287-0 (9781135302870)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
David Batstone | Eduardo Mendieta
The Good Citizen
Book
04/2001
Routledge
€59.40
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David Batstone | Eduardo Mendieta
The Good Citizen
Book
01/1999
Routledge
€100.60
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Persons
David Batstone, Eduardo Mendieta
Content
Introduction: What Does it Mean to be an American?; 1. The Moral Obligations of Living in a Democratic Society, Cornel West; 2. The Ethics of Polarization in the United Staes and the World, Robert N. Bellah; 3. Virtually Democratic: Twenty Essentials for the Citizen in a Network Society, David Batstone; 4. The Crime of Innocence, Barbara Christian; 5. The Crisis of Values in America: Its Manipulation by the Right and its Invisibility to the Left, Michael Lerner; 6. Race at the End of History, Ronald Takaki; 7. Latina/o Identity Politics, Linda Martin Alcoff; 8. Becoming Citizens, Becoming Hispanics, Eduardo Mendieta; 9. Contagious Word: Paranoia and Homosexuality in the Military, JudithButler; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Index of Names
