The American Civilizing ProcessJohn Wiley & Sons, 2013/04/24 - 400 ページ Since 9/11, the American government has presumed to speak and act in the name of ‘civilization’. But isthat how the rest of the world sees it? And if not, why not? Stephen Mennell leads up to such contemporary questions through a careful study of the whole span of American development, from the first settlers to the American Empire. He takes a novel approach, analysing the USA’s experience in the light of Norbert Elias’s theory of civilizing (and decivilizing) processes. Drawing comparisons between the USA and other countries of the world, the topics discussed include:
Mennell shows how the long-term experience of Americans has been of growing more and more powerful in relation to their neighbours. This has had all-pervasive effects on the way they see themselves, their perception of the rest of the world, and how the rest of the world sees them. Mennell’s compelling and provocative account will appeal to anyone concerned about America's role in the world today, including students and scholars of American politics and society. |
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... figure in an age of transition — in his minor work on manners as much as in his important contributions to the larger intellectual world. He showed all the old medieval unconcern in referring directly to matters later too disgusting to ...
... figure such as Max Weber. Academic readers of the book will be able to see that for themselves. The architecture of The American Civilizing Process loosely resembles that of Elias's The Civilizing Process. Chapters 1 and 2 discuss the ...
... deceptions being peddled by public figures and TV commentators is startling, depressing. The voices licensed to follow the event seem to have joined together in a campaign to infantilize the public. Where is the acknowledgment that this.
Stephen Mennell. founding generation — on the contrary, he was a rather extreme figure — but because the ideas with ... figures, and he always read extensively. One of his acquaintances was the Marquis de Condorcet, whose Sketch for a ...
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