American soul; a cultural narrative
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TextSeries: (Analytical psychology and contemporary culture)New Orleans, LA Spring Journal Books c2012Description: xix, 253p.; bibliog. notes; indexContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781935528418
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Introduction - Myth and American psyche. 1 9/11 and the Twin Towers. 2 Self-interest rightly understood. 3 Ronald McDonald: a mythic narrative. 4 Nehemius Americanus: Puritan consciousness and American soul. 5 From Puritan to Yankee. 6 Empire builder. 7 The cowboy crusader and the Americanization of the world. 8 "Katrina". 9 The shell game: Enron and its fall. 10 The tower of mirrors: mythic foundations of capitalist and Islamic finance. 11 Captain America and his zealous blast: a foray into American foreign policy. 12 What Ishmael saw: an overview of American involvement in the Middle East. 13 The soul of terror/the terror of soul. Epilogue - The limits of change
'...delves into American rhetoric surrounding historical and current conditions and events to unearth an underlying cultural narrative or myth rooted in America's particular Judeo-Christian tradition. Exploring the birth and evolution of the nation, foreign policy, political tropes, and the challenges of Katrina, 9/11, Enron, and the financial meltdown, a cultural image emerges which runs counter to popularly accepted notions of the nation's core identity.'
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