Goldfarb Reinventing Political Culture

The Power of Culture versus the Culture of Power
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-3748-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten, E-Book

The way people think and act politically is not set in stone.People can and do change the fundamental cultural contours of theirpolitical situation. Their political culture does not only restrictimagination and action - it is also a resource for politicalcreativity and invention. In Reinventing Political Culture, thisresource is uncovered and explored.
Analyzed as a tension between the power of culture and theculture of power, the concept of political culture is reinventedand applied to understanding the practice of people transformingtheir own political culture in very different circumstances. Threeinstances of such reinvention are closely examined: one historic,during the twilight of the Soviet empire; one actively in processand actively opposed, 'the Obama revolution'; and one anapparent distant dream, the power of culture and the culture ofpower that would avoid 'the clash of
civilizations' in the Middle East.
In accessible and engaging prose, Goldfarb clearly andforcefully presents students and scholars of sociology, comparativepolitics, and cultural studies with an original position onpolitical culture, showing how the political cultures of our timespose not only grave dangers, but also opportunities for creativealternatives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goldfarb, Jeffrey C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Reinventing the Concept
Chapter 3 Ideology Ends Again?
Chapter 4 Reinventing American Political Culture: The Obama "Revolution"
Chapter 5 Reinventing American Political Culture: The Counter-Revolution
Chapter 6 Spaces of Possibility in the Middle East: Seeking Reinvention in Everyday Practice
Chapter 7 The Power of Culture versus the Culture of Power
Chapter 8 From Monologue to Dialogue: Democratic Culture and the Intellectuals

Über Autor(innen)

JEFFREY C. GOLDFARB is Michael E. Gellert Professor of Sociology at the New School for Social Research, New York.