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050		4	_aHN57 .F466 2017
082	0		_a309.173
100	1		_aFenn, Richard K.
245	1	4	_aThe American Culture of Despair : _bThe Sacred, Secularity, and the Test of Time.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aNewcastle-upon-Tyne : _bCambridge Scholars Publishing, _c2017.
264		4	_c©2018.
300			_a1 online resource (181 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten.
520			_aRecent developments have made many social scientists and commentators wonder whether the United States is still a relatively modern, secular, and democratic society. Instead, America shows signs of the cultural despair that preceded the rise of fascism in Nazi Germany.Taking a careful look at such critical moments as the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the Depression, the assassination of President Lincoln, and the eves both of the Civil War and of the American Revolution, this book shows that Americans have long shown authoritarian and even fascist tendencies: signs of despair that the nation is running out of time. In these critical moments, it finds evidence of a regressive cycle consisting of crisis, followed by the sanctification of central authority, and further crisis.With its deep roots in Anglo-American culture, the current crisis awaits decisive resolution.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aAuthoritarianism-United States.
650		0	_aUnited States-Social conditions.
650		0	_aUnited States-Social life and customs.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aFenn, Richard K. _tThe American Culture of Despair _dNewcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing,c2017 _z9781527503090
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5351394 _zClick to View
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