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- Book Title
- Kill It to Save It
- Publication Name
- Kill It to Save It : an Autopsy of Capitalism's Triumph over Democracy
- Title
- Kill It to Save It
- Subtitle
- An Autopsy of Capitalism’s Triumph over Democracy
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9781447317135
- ISBN
- 9781447317135
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Genre
- Society & Culture
- Topic
- Law & Politics
- Release Date
- 03/04/2018
- Release Year
- 2018
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Language
- English
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 12.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 328 Pages, 320 Pages
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For decades now, American voters have been convinced to support public policies that only benefit those in power. But how do the powerful extract consent from citizens whose own self-interest and collective well-being are constantly denied? And why do so many Americans seem to have given up on quality public education, on safe food and safe streets, on living wages--even on democracy itself? Kill It to Save It lays bare the hypocrisy of contemporary US political discourse, documenting the historical and theoretical trajectory of capitalism's triumph over democracy. Tackling the interconnected issues of globalization, neoliberalism, and declining public institutions, Corey Dolgon argues that American citizens now accept reform policies that destroy the public sector (seemingly in the public interest) and a political culture that embraces what Stephen Colbert calls "truthiness"--a willingness to agree to arguments that feel right "in the gut" regardless of fancy science or messy facts. In a narrative that stretches from the post-Vietnam War era to the present parade of political reality TV and debates over Black Lives Matter, Dolgon dismantles US common-sense cultural discourse. His original, alternative account reveals that this ongoing crisis in US policy will not cease until a critical mass of American citizens recognize what has been lost, and in whose interest.
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Publisher
Bristol University Press
ISBN-10
1447317130
ISBN-13
9781447317135
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239727429
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Kill It to Save It : an Autopsy of Capitalism's Triumph over Democracy
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
328 Pages, 320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Hb501
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The left is in disbelief by Trump's election. Thankfully, Dolgon's book had anticipated such a development. Dolgon shows how capitalist hegemony and hyper-individualism reshaped America's national identity, making us ever more susceptible to embracing a reality-TV star who promises to 'Make America Great Again' despite promoting the worst elements of the country's historical DNA. Required reading for those hoping not only to resist Trumpism, but envision a new left for the twenty-first century., There is no better time in US history to examine how commonsense ideas have made American life and freedoms worse, not better--ours is a crisis many years in the making. This is a must-read book if, like me, you are trying to make sense of a society that seems to have gone bonkers!, This book is a trenchant critique of a popular notion in today's politics and policy making: kill it to save it, the notion that often 'the only way to save public institutions is to privatize them.' . . . Dolgon paints a sad picture of such vaunted American public institutions as social security, public education, health care, food, voting rights, and campaign finance, among others, and argues that the kill-it-to-save-it ideology is to blame. . . . Kill It to Save It is engagingly written and persuades the reader of the need to save our public institutions by investing in them, not by killing them. Recommended., To understand the popularity of Italian Fascism in the '30s, we needed Antonio Gramsci. To understand the popular malaise among the US middle class in the '50s, we needed C. Wright Mills. And to understand the popularity of Donald J. Trump and the prevailing logic that turns billionaires into job creators, unions into job destroyers, and climate scientists into godless Communists, we need Corey Dolgon. Clear-eyed and perceptive, Dolgon reveals that the new 'common sense' upholding privatization, deregulation, wealth concentration, and the erosion of democracy and civil liberties as the only path to prosperity was not the handiwork of Fox News and wily neocons but the outcome of a deeper ideological and cultural shift. Kill It to Save It is mandatory reading if we are to replace the neoliberal 'common sense' with the radical possibilities of 'good sense.', I always love a good whodunit and like a good Agatha Christie mystery, Dolgon's book peels back the layers of neoliberalism to expose not only the crimes and who committed them, but the weapons they used and the fake alibis they told. If you want to know why reality-TV politics and budget austerity killed our democracy and economy, read this book., Longtime activist and provocative thinker Corey Dolgon has written a compelling and timely new book, Kill It to Save It , which explores neoliberalism, popular culture, the decline of public institutions, and the serious challenges activists and organizers face as we imagine a world beyond the crumbling edifices of US capitalism., Dolgon's astute look at the conservative turn in US politics . . . offers a fascinating look at the phenomenon that made Donald J. Trump the preferred choice of many voters in the United States. . . . The long-term fallout of this turn has many of us thinking far less critically than we should be--exactly as intended--and Dolgon takes pains to lay out how and why we've learned to tolerate the intolerable. . . . Dolgon's analysis will be useful in efforts to oppose privatization and reassert the idea that government's main function is serving the people, not propping up business. What's more, Kill It to Save It , like Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine , offers a clear and accessible look at how policy is crafted, marketed, and ultimately sold or rejected., A provocative, thoughtful, and engaging book, a must-read for people trying to find out 'what's that sound and what is goin' down.' Policy makers looking out for the interests of their corporate benefactors are selling our institutions to the highest bidders and idly looking away as the lives of the most vulnerable among us are pushed to the edge of survival.
Table of Content
Introduction: In My Life; Part One: The Strange Life of Kill it to Save it: Origins, Theories and Myths;Part Overview: Why an Autopsy? The Politics of History; The Vietnamization of American; Mourning Again in America; Part Two: Learning American Style: The Life and Death of American Education;Part Overview: History of Learning American Style; How the Knowledge Economy Killed Knowledge, and Other Scary Stories Out of School;The University Burns While the Knowledge Factory Hums;Part Three: Junk Food, Junk Science, and Junk Freedom: Life and Death in America;Part Overview: History of Health in America; Industrialized Food and Industrialized Farmers; Junk Food, Junk Science and a Bad Case of Mad Truth Disease; Junk Freedom, Broken Windows, and Black Lives Matter;Part Four: The Life and Death of America's Economy and Government;Part Overview: It's the Political Economy Stupid; Beyond Voodoo Economics: The Myth of Marco Rubio; Shock Doctrines, Disaster Capitalism, and Smart ALECs; The Myth of Common Sense Austerity and the Slow Death of America's Economy; Epilogue: Innocents Abroad; Trouble at Home: Kill it to Save it Goes Global.Postscript., List of Figures Preface Introduction: IN My Life Part 1: The Strange Life of Kill it to Save it: Origins, Theories and Myths Overview: Why an Autopsy? The Politics of History One The Vietnamization of America Two Mourning Again in America Part 2: Learning American Style: The Life and Death of American Education Overview: History of Learning American Style Three How the Knowledge Economy Killed Knowledge, and Other Scary Stories Out of School Four The University Burns While the Knowledge Factory Hums Part 3: Junk Food, Junk Science, and Junk Freedom: Life and Death in America Overview: History of Health in America Five Industrialized Food and Industrialized Farmers Six Junk Food, Junk Science and a Bad Case of Mad Truth Disease Seven Junk Freedom, Broken Windows, and Black Lives Matter Part 4: The Life and Death of America's Economy and Government Overview: It's the Political Economy, Stupid Eight Beyond Voodoo Economics: The Myth of Marco Rubio Nine Shock Doctrines, Disaster Capitalism, and Smart ALECs Ten The Myth of Common Sense Austerity and the Slow Death of America's Economy Epilogue: Innocents Abroad, Trouble at Home: Kill it to Save it Goes Global Postscript Notes Index
Copyright Date
2018, 2017
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Public Policy / General, Sociology / General, Political Ideologies / Democracy, American Government / State
Dewey Decimal
330.1220973
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Political Science
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