Everybody Knows: Cynicism in AmericaU of Minnesota Press, 1978 |
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... citizen support for his job performance and television audience interest in Monicagate . His performance ratings hit all - time highs at precisely the moment scandal revelations reached a peak . And as the scandal flourished , so too ...
... citizen support for his job performance and television audience interest in Monicagate . His performance ratings hit all - time highs at precisely the moment scandal revelations reached a peak . And as the scandal flourished , so too ...
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... citizens . Confronted with cynical institutions , cynical media com- mentary , and intractable public predicaments , Americans are an angry lot . Nonetheless , even citizen cynicism splits into varieties that differ significantly from ...
... citizens . Confronted with cynical institutions , cynical media com- mentary , and intractable public predicaments , Americans are an angry lot . Nonetheless , even citizen cynicism splits into varieties that differ significantly from ...
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... citizen out- siders — a variant I call wig cynicism in recognition of the wiggy conspiracies , mysticisms , and other odd notions of social causa- tion that drive this brand of cynicism . The conspiracy theorist or antipolitics ...
... citizen out- siders — a variant I call wig cynicism in recognition of the wiggy conspiracies , mysticisms , and other odd notions of social causa- tion that drive this brand of cynicism . The conspiracy theorist or antipolitics ...
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... citizens called Diogenes a dog , and his living standards did approximate that of a stray canine . So he turned their criticism around , adopting that name for his brand of philosophy . Kyon , meaning " dog " in Greek , became kynic ...
... citizens called Diogenes a dog , and his living standards did approximate that of a stray canine . So he turned their criticism around , adopting that name for his brand of philosophy . Kyon , meaning " dog " in Greek , became kynic ...
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... citizen scolds the cynics , telling them that they should believe — should acknowledge the traditions , the necessities , and the reasons for various values and moral com- mitments . The cynic is prepared in advance to laugh off this ad ...
... citizen scolds the cynics , telling them that they should believe — should acknowledge the traditions , the necessities , and the reasons for various values and moral com- mitments . The cynic is prepared in advance to laugh off this ad ...
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The Values Remedy Community Civility and Belief | 15 |
CynicsinPower Manipulations Lies and Empty Gestures | 27 |
Wig Cynics American Antipolitics and Its Uses | 41 |
Cultural Crisis | 55 |
A Brief History of American Cynicism | 57 |
Federalists and Liberals Setting the Stage for Cynicism | 71 |
Why Americans Hate Politics The Cynicism Trap | 85 |
The Age of Resentment Advanced Applied Cynicism | 143 |
Alternatives | 155 |
Marge the Stoic The Coens Fargo and Civic Solutions | 157 |
So What? Another Side of Cynicism | 171 |
Teachings of the Demonstration Representation in the Streets | 185 |
Politics after Cynicism | 201 |
Solutions and Conclusions | 213 |
Notes | 227 |
Medium Media Mediate Television and Cynicism | 101 |
Bush Burned The Patterns of Televised Politics | 115 |
The Uses of Backlash Applied Cynicism 101 | 129 |
Index | 237 |
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Страница 75 - So strong is this propensity of mankind to fall into mutual animosities, that where no substantial occasion presents itself, the most frivolous and fanciful distinctions have been sufficient to kindle their unfriendly passions and excite their most violent conflicts.
Страница 74 - Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be a less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.
Страница 74 - There are again two methods of removing the causes of faction: The one, by destroying the liberty which is essential to its existence; the other, by giving to every citizen the same opinions, the same passions, and the same interests.
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