In The Post-Liberal Imagination , Bruce Baum approaches American liberalism ‚in a critical spirit‘ by examining the relationship between popular culture and politics. The book analyzes movies, television, and popular music to rethink the liberal views of democracy, equality, racism, dissent, and animal rights in the Bush-Obama era.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Keep on Rockin‘ in the Free World
2. ‚Humpday, ‚ ‚Soul Power, ‚ and the Politics of Hip
3. The Hero America Deserves? The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, and the Liberalism of Fear
4. Apes, Humans, and Other
PART II: ANIMALS: PROJECT NIM AND RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
5. Hollywood’s Crisis of Capitalism: ‚Inside Job‘ and ‚The Company Men‘
6. Occupy Wall Street, Steve Jobs’s ‚Genius, ‚ and Mad Men: Reflections on the Democratic
PART III: IMAGINATION
7. Hollywood on Race in the Age of Obama
8. President Obama and the White Problem
Conclusion
Über den Autor
Bruce Baum is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is from Stamford, Connecticut, USA. He is the author of Rereading Power and Freedom in J.S. Mill (2000) and The Rise and Fall of the Caucasian Race: A Political History of Racial Identity (2006).