The Cynical Society

The Culture of Politics and the Politics of Culture in American Life

By: Jeffrey C. Goldfarb

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Paperback | 15 November 1992 | Edition Number 1

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207 Pages

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"The Cynical Society" is a study of the political despair and abdication of (individual) responsibility Goldfarb calls cynicism--a central but unexamined aspect of contemporary American political and social life. Goldfarb reveals with vivid strokes how cynicism undermines our capacity to think about society's strengths and weaknesses. Drawing on thinkers from Alexis de Tocqueville to Allan Bloom and on such recent works as "Beloved, Bonfire of the Vanities, "and "Mississippi Burning, The Cynical Society" celebrates cultural pluralism's role in democracy.

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History of the Americas

Preface
Cynicism and the American Way of Politics
Cynicism as a Cultural Form
Mass Society as the Underside of Democracy
Democracy in America
The Decline and Fall of American Culture?
Ideology and the American Left: The Pursuit of Obscurity
Ideology on the American Right--A Clear and Present Danger
The Crisis in Education
The New Treason of the Intellectuals: A Critique of Ideological Critique
Cynicism and the American Dilemma
Cynicism, Fundamentalism, and the Prospects for Democratic Culture
Notes
Index
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