Death's dream kingdom : the American psyche since 9-11
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Death's dream kingdom : the American psyche since 9-11
Pluto Press, 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-268) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Why is fear a dominant emotion in contemporary society? Why are politicians using words like 'terror', 'evil' and 'fundamentalism', and what effect is it having on public consciousness?
This book taps into the cultural psyche to explore the link between ideology and emotional and psychological manipulation. It shows that the Bush administration has been hugely successful in controlling and developing a new political climate through the creation of an almost hypnotic mass consciousness.
From the sado-masochist hysteria of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ' to the atrocities at Abu Ghraib prison; and from the genocidal use of depleted uranium in Iraq to the apocalyptic language driving the Christian Right's assault on basic human rights.
Davis's findings take us to the heart of the ideological paralysis of the Left, while offering an innovative approach to understanding contemporary history.
目次
Preface: The Way We Were
PART ONE-THE BELLY OF THE BEAST
1. 911- America
2. Living in Death's Dream Kingdom: The Psychotic Core of Capitalist Ideology
3. Passion of the Christ in Abu Ghraib
4. Weapons of Mass Destruction Found in Iraq
5. A Humanistic Response to 9-11: Robert Jay Lifton, or the Nostalgia for Guarantees
6. A Postmodernist Response to 9-11: Slavoj Zizek, or the Jouissance of an Abstract Hegelian
PART II: TO THE LEFT OF THE LEFT
7. Bible Says: The Psychology of Christian Fundamentalism
8. The Psychodynamics of Terror
9. Evil: As Psychological Process and as Philosophic Concept
10. Men of Good Will: Toward an Ethic of the Tragic
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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