Petrarch the poet : an introduction to the Rerum vulgarium fragmenta
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Petrarch the poet : an introduction to the Rerum vulgarium fragmenta
Routledge, 1988
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Bibliography: p. [224]-231
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book argues against the tendency to see America as the worst or best nation and instead presents a case for seeing anti-Americanism as a counterproductive prejudice. There are many reasons to criticise American policies, politics and even society, but a crucial distinction must be drawn between criticism and prejudice.
Charting the development and adaptation of this anti-American tradition, O'Connor maintains that it is important to contextualise it within the particularities of the American experience and the global reach of the United States' influence and power. He argues for a move away from stereotypes and caricatures towards more specific and profitable discussions about American actions and policies.
Offering precise and useful ways of understanding anti-Americanism and American exceptionalism that place the terms in their relevant political contexts, this volume is a useful and engaging resource for those researching or studying American politics and ideology, foreign policy, American culture and international relations.
Table of Contents
Preface: Are we all Americans or anti-Americans now?
Introduction: Exceptional terms for ordinary people
Chapter 1: What is Anti-Americanism? The last respectable prejudice?
Chapter 2: A history of anti-Americanism
Chapter 3: Anti-Americanism vs. Criticism: Reporting on the 2003 Iraq War and the Korean War
Chapter 4: Anti-Americanism or Anti-Bush?
Chapter 5: What is American Exceptionalism? A key component of American nationalist ideology
Chapter 6: Don't know much about geography: American insularity, decline, and anti-Americanism
Chapter 7: The Trump factor: The ugly American, popular culture, and populism
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