Everybody knows : cynicism in America

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Part I: Cynicism......Page 20
1. Socrates—Gone Mad: Diogenes and the Cynical Tradition......Page 22
2. The Values Remedy: Community, Civility, and Belief......Page 34
3. Cynics-in-Power: Manipulations, Lies, and Empty Gestures......Page 46
4. Wig Cynics: American Antipolitics and Its Uses......Page 60
Part II: Cultural Crisis......Page 74
5. A Brief History of American Cynicism......Page 76
6. Federalists and Liberals: Setting the Stage for Cynicism......Page 90
7. Why Americans Hate Politics: The Cynicism Trap......Page 104
8. Medium, Media, Mediate: Television and Cynicism......Page 120
9. Bush, Burned: The Patterns of Televised Politics......Page 134
10. The Uses of Backlash: Applied Cynicism......Page 148
11. The Age of Resentment: Advanced Applied Cynicism......Page 162
Part III: Alternatives......Page 174
12. Marge the Stoic: The Coens’ Fargo and Civic Solutions......Page 176
13. “So What?”: Another Side of Cynicism......Page 190
14. Teachings of the Demonstration: Representation in the Streets......Page 204
15. Politics after Cynicism......Page 220
16. Solutions and Conclusions......Page 232
Notes......Page 246
C......Page 256
H......Page 257
P......Page 258
W......Page 259