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Author |
: Philip Jenkins |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 353 |
Release |
: 2006-03-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198039723 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198039727 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Decade of Nightmares by : Philip Jenkins
Why did the youthful optimism and openness of the sixties give way to Ronald Reagan and the spirit of conservative reaction--a spirit that remains ascendant today? Drawing on a wide array of sources--including tabloid journalism, popular fiction, movies, and television shows--Philip Jenkins argues that a remarkable confluence of panics, scares, and a few genuine threats created a climate of fear that led to the conservative reaction. He identifies 1975 to 1986 as the watershed years. During this time, he says, there was a sharp increase in perceived threats to our security at home and abroad. At home, America seemed to be threatened by monstrous criminals--serial killers, child abusers, Satanic cults, and predatory drug dealers, to name just a few. On the international scene, we were confronted by the Soviet Union and its evil empire, by OPEC with its stranglehold on global oil, by the Ayatollahs who made hostages of our diplomats in Iran. Increasingly, these dangers began to be described in terms of moral evil. Rejecting the radicalism of the '60s, which many saw as the source of the crisis, Americans adopted a more pessimistic interpretation of human behavior, which harked back to much older themes in American culture. This simpler but darker vision ultimately brought us Ronald Reagan and the ascendancy of the political Right, which more than two decades later shows no sign of loosening its grip. Writing in his usual crisp and witty prose, Jenkins offers a truly original and persuasive account of a period that continues to fascinate the American public. It is bound to captivate anyone who lived through this period, as well as all those who want to understand the forces that transformed--and continue to define--the American political landscape.
Author |
: Xiang-wu Liu |
Publisher |
: AuthorHouse |
Total Pages |
: 454 |
Release |
: 2018-08-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781546249023 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1546249028 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Decade of Nightmares by : Xiang-wu Liu
Written in the form of satire, this tragic story begins with a false report of two signal flares fired by a class enemy in a small town in South China during Mao Zedongs Cultural Revolution. From 1966 to 1976, a haze of persecution, confusion, and hate befell China. The so-called class enemies were paraded through the streets, and schools were closed. Domestic calamities went head to head with political rebellions while spies ran rampant and property was cruelly confiscated. There was an eventual fight for power as brothers mistreated brothers, wives were stolen, and families murdered. Now, decades later, these silenced voices are remembered in order to avoid the repetition of history. A Decade of Nightmares reminds us of what is true, good, and beautiful but also what is false, evil, and ugly. This book dissects the soul of a nation from a historical cross-section. It calls for the return of dignity and reveals the brutal persecution of the soul. From the vicissitudes of fate, we see clearly the extent and depth of the devastation caused by a decade of disaster.
Author |
: Philip Jenkins |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 353 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780195341584 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0195341589 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Decade of Nightmares by : Philip Jenkins
Drawing on a wide array of sources, the author of "Dream Catchers" identifies 1975 to 1986 as the watershed years when Americans rejected the radicalism of the 1960s and adopted a more pessimistic interpretation of human behavior.
Author |
: Andreas Killen |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 322 |
Release |
: 2008-12-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781596919990 |
ISBN-13 |
: 159691999X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis 1973 Nervous Breakdown by : Andreas Killen
1973 marked the end of the 1960s and the birth of a new cultural sensibility. A year of shattering political crisis, 1973 was defined by defeat in Vietnam, Roe v. Wade, the oil crisis and the Watergate hearings. It was also a year of remarkable creative ferment. From landmark movies such as The Exorcist, Mean Streets, and American Graffiti to seminal books such as Fear of Flying and Gravity's Rainbow, from the proto-punk band the New York Dolls to the first ever reality TV show, The American Family, the cultural artifacts of the year reveal a nation in the middle of a serious identity crisis. 1973 Nervous Breakdown offers a fever chart of a year of uncertainty and change, a year in which post-war prosperity crumbled and modernism gave way to postmodernism in a lively and revelatory analysis of one of the most important periods in the second half of the 20th century.
Author |
: Irvine Welsh |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 292 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0393315630 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780393315639 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Marabou Stork Nightmares by : Irvine Welsh
While lying in a coma in an Edinburgh hospital, Roy Strang experiences strange hallucinatory adventures that recount how he came to be in his current state, from his struggles with his disturbed family to a bizarre quest in Africa.
Author |
: Phil Tinline |
Publisher |
: Hurst Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 556 |
Release |
: 2022-06-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781787388840 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1787388840 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Death of Consensus by : Phil Tinline
Over Britain’s first century of mass democracy, politics has lurched from crisis to crisis. How does this history of political agony illuminate our current age of upheaval? To find out, journalist Phil Tinline takes us back to two past eras when the ruling consensus broke down, and the future filled with ominous possibilities – until, finally, a new settlement was born. How did the Great Depression’s spectres of fascism, bombing and mass unemployment force politicians to think the unthinkable, and pave the way to post-war Britain? How was Thatcher’s road to victory made possible by a decade of nightmares: of hyperinflation, military coups and communist dictatorship? And why, since the Crash in 2008, have new political threats and divisions forced us to change course once again? Tinline brings to life those times, past and present, when the great compromise holding democracy together has come apart; when the political class has been forced to make a choice of nightmares. This lively, original account of panic and chaos reveals how apparent catastrophes can clear the path to a new era. The Death of Consensus will make you see British democracy differently.
Author |
: Antonio Zadra |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2021-01-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781324002840 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1324002840 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis When Brains Dream: Understanding the Science and Mystery of Our Dreaming Minds by : Antonio Zadra
"A truly comprehensive, scientifically rigorous and utterly fascinating account of when, how, and why we dream. Put simply, When Brains Dream is the essential guide to dreaming." —Matthew Walker, author of Why We Sleep Questions on the origins and meaning of dreams are as old as humankind, and as confounding and exciting today as when nineteenth-century scientists first attempted to unravel them. Why do we dream? Do dreams hold psychological meaning or are they merely the reflection of random brain activity? What purpose do dreams serve? When Brains Dream addresses these core questions about dreams while illuminating the most up-to-date science in the field. Written by two world-renowned sleep and dream researchers, it debunks common myths that we only dream in REM sleep, for example—while acknowledging the mysteries that persist around both the science and experience of dreaming. Antonio Zadra and Robert Stickgold bring together state-of-the-art neuroscientific ideas and findings to propose a new and innovative model of dream function called NEXTUP—Network Exploration to Understand Possibilities. By detailing this model’s workings, they help readers understand key features of several types of dreams, from prophetic dreams to nightmares and lucid dreams. When Brains Dream reveals recent discoveries about the sleeping brain and the many ways in which dreams are psychologically, and neurologically, meaningful experiences; explores a host of dream-related disorders; and explains how dreams can facilitate creativity and be a source of personal insight. Making an eloquent and engaging case for why the human brain needs to dream, When Brains Dream offers compelling answers to age-old questions about the mysteries of sleep.
Author |
: Galway Kinnell |
Publisher |
: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages |
: 92 |
Release |
: 1971 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0395120985 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780395120989 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Book of Nightmares by : Galway Kinnell
A book-length poem evokes the horror, anguish, and brutality of 20th century history.
Author |
: Kevin Starr |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 420 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0195168976 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780195168976 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis Embattled Dreams by : Kevin Starr
This volume deals with the years of World War II and after. In the 1940s California changed from a regional centre into the dominant economic, social and cultural force it has been in America ever since.
Author |
: Kim Newman |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Total Pages |
: 641 |
Release |
: 2011-04-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781408805039 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1408805030 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Nightmare Movies by : Kim Newman
Now over twenty years old, the original edition ofNightmare Movies has retained its place as a true classic of cult filmcriticism. In this new edition, Kim Newman brings his seminal work completelyup to date, both reassessing his earlier evaluations and adding a second partthat analyses the last two decades of horror films with all the wit,intelligence and insight for which he is known. Since the publication of thefirst edition, horror has been on a gradual upswing and has gained a new andstronger hold over the film industry. Newman negotiates his way through a vastback catalogue of horror and charts the on-screen progress of our collectivefears and bogeymen, from the low-budget slasher movies of the 1960s, through tothe slick releases of the 2000s. Nightmare Movies is an invaluable companion that not onlyprovides a newly updated history of the darker side of film but also acts as atruly entertaining guide with which to explore the less well-trodden paths ofhorror and rediscover the classics with a newly instructed eye.