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Tyranny in America : Capitalism and National Decay by Neal Wood (2004, Hardcover)
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PublisherVerso Books
ISBN-10185984572X
ISBN-139781859845721
eBay Product ID (ePID)4038401362
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Book TitleTyranny in America : Capitalism and National Decay
Number of Pages152 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSociology / General, General
Publication Year2004
GenrePolitical Science, Social Science
AuthorNeal Wood
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.4 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-024367
Reviews'eoeNeal Wood was one of the most eminent political theorists of the postwar years … No one has demonstrated more effectively the possibility of uniting scrupulous scholarship with deep political commitment. 'e�, "Neal Wood was one of the most eminent political theorists of the postwar years ... No one has demonstrated more effectively the possibility of uniting scrupulous scholarship with deep political commitment."-- Guardian, "Neal Wood was one of the most eminent political theorists of the postwar years ... No one has demonstrated more effectively the possibility of uniting scrupulous scholarship with deep political commitment."- Guardian
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal306/.0973
SynopsisThe US has been subjected to the ruthless and unrelenting tyranny of the world's most advanced capitalism, permeating every aspect of American life. The chief difference from other tyrannies is its facelessness, its dependence on impersonal coercive power more than on direct violence and terror against its subjects. A frightening irony of this new tyranny, dissected by the distinguished historian of political thought Neal Wood, is that it is producing a degenerating society and a politics headed toward collapse. All world empires have decayed from within and eventually fallen. The new tyranny's demise may long be hidden by a sophisticated technology and international armed might. The portents of social and political decay in the US are numerous. America is an inegalitarian class society with an ever-growing chasm separating a minuscule minority of the very rich from the poor and moderately well-off. Americans lack adequate universal medical care and their physical and mental health is declining. American society is a culture of rapidly proliferating violence, rampant consumerism, mindless entertainment, and freneticism, while its political culture, grounded in an eighteenth- century constitutionthat was never intended to create a democracyis ever more hollow and undemocratic. Tyranny in America , written in the spirit of Tom Paine and inspired by Karl Marx, scathingly addresses the chief maladies afflicting the US and forcefully argues that fundamental change is necessary if moral, political, and social implosion is to be avoided., The US has been subjected to the ruthless and unrelenting tyranny of the world.s most advanced capitalism, permeating every aspect of American life. The chief difference from other tyrannies is its facelessness, its dependence on impersonal coercive power more than on direct violence and terror against its subjects. A frightening irony of this new tyranny, dissected by the distinguished historian of political thought Neal Wood, is that it is producing a degenerating society and a politics headed toward collapse. All world empires have decayed from within and eventually fallen. The new tyranny.s demise may long be hidden by a sophisticated technology and international armed might. The portents of social and political decay in the US are numerous. America is an inegalitarian class society with an ever-growing chasm separating a minuscule minority of the very rich from the poor and moderately well-off. Americans lack adequate universal medical care and their physical and mental health is declining. American society is a culture of rapidly proliferating violence, rampant consumerism, mindless entertainment, and freneticism, while its political culture, grounded in an eighteenth- century constitutionthat was never intended to create a democracyis ever more hollow and undemocratic. Tyranny in America , written in the spirit of Tom Paine and inspired by Karl Marx, scathingly addresses the chief maladies afflicting the US and forcefully argues that fundamental change is necessary if moral, political, and social implosion is to be avoided., Scathingly addresses the chief maladies afflicting the US and forcefully argues that fundamental change is necessary.
LC Classification NumberHN59.2
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