American Patriotism in a Global Society (SUNY Series in Global Politics) (Suny Global Politics) - Softcover

Craige, Betty Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791429601 ISBN 13: 9780791429600

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1996

Synopsis

Argues that the transformation of our world into a global society is causing a resurgence of tribalism at the same time that it is inspiring the ideology of political holism and global interdependence.

This book argues that the transformation of our world into a global society is causing a resurgence of tribalism at the same time that it is inspiring the ideology of political holism--the understanding of human society as an evolving global system of interdependent individuals, cultures, and nations. Betty Jean Craige examines the "patriotic" resistance to globalization in the United States by examining a number of recent historical events, including the Persian Gulf War, the 1988 presidential campaign, and the Iran-Contra scandal.

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From the Back Cover:

This book argues that the transformation of our world into a global society is causing a resurgence of tribalism at the same time that it is inspiring the ideology of political holism - the understanding of human society as an evolving global system of interdependent individuals, cultures and nations. Betty Jean Craige examines the "patriotic" resistance to globalization in the United States by examining a number of recent historical events, including the Persian Gulf War, the 1988 presidential campaign, and the Iran-Contra scandal.

About the Author:

Betty Jean Craige is University Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Georgia and is Director of the University of Georgia Humanities Center. She is the author of several books, including Reconnection: Dualism to Holism in Literary Study (for which she won the Frederic W. Ness Book Award) and Laying the Ladder Down: The Emergence of Cultural Holism (for which she was co-winner of the “Georgia Author of the Year” Award in Non-Fiction for 1992).

About this edition

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0791429601
• ISBN 13: 9780791429600
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222