Kill It to Save It

An Autopsy of Capitalism's Triumph Over Democracy
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4473-1712-8
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 548 g

How have powerful Americans convinced their fellow citizens to support policies beneficial only to the wealthy? Why have so many given up on public education, safe food and safe streets, living wages – even on democracy itself?

Kill it to Save it lays bare the hypocrisy of US political discourse by documenting the story of capitalism’s triumph over democracy.

As the Progressive Left tries to understand how President Trump came to power, Corey Dolgon documents his historical, political and cultural road map. Dolgon argues that American citizens now accept policies that destroy the public sector and promote political stories that feel right “in the gut”, regardless of science or facts.

Covering the post-Vietnam era to present day, Dolgon dismantles US common sense cultural discourse and explains why the endless crisis in US policy will continue until American citizens recognize what has been lost, and in whose interest.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dolgon, Corey

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: In My Life;

Part One: The Strange Life of Kill it to Save it: Origins, Theories and Myths;

Part Overview: Why an Autopsy? The Politics of History;

The Vietnamization of American;

Mourning Again in America;

Part Two: Learning American Style: The Life and Death of American Education;

Part Overview: History of Learning American Style;

How the Knowledge Economy Killed Knowledge, and Other Scary Stories Out of School;

The University Burns While the Knowledge Factory Hums;

Part Three: Junk Food, Junk Science, and Junk Freedom: Life and Death in America;

Part Overview: History of Health in America;

Industrialized Food and Industrialized Farmers;

Junk Food, Junk Science and a Bad Case of Mad Truth Disease;

Junk Freedom, Broken Windows, and Black Lives Matter;

Part Four: The Life and Death of America’s Economy and Government;

Part Overview: It’s the Political Economy Stupid;

Beyond Voodoo Economics: The Myth of Marco Rubio;

Shock Doctrines, Disaster Capitalism, and Smart ALECs;

The Myth of Common Sense Austerity and the Slow Death of America's Economy;

Epilogue: Innocents Abroad; Trouble at Home: Kill it to Save it Goes Global.

Postscript.

Über Autor(innen)

Dolgon, Corey
Dr Corey Dolgon is Professor of Sociology and Director of Community Based Learning at Stonehill College, Easton, MA, USA. He is past president of the Association for Humanist Sociology and has taught at Harvard and Clark Universities. Corey is the author of three other books including the award winning The End of the Hamptons: Scenes from the Class Struggle in America’s Paradise. He has published many articles for anthologies, journals and magazines, and is the new co-editor for Critical Sociology