Culture of Complaint

The Fraying of America

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Robert Hughes

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In this radical account of the decline of 20th-century American culture, Robert Hughes insists that the politicization of almost every area of American culture has resulted in a fall in the standards required to hold such a diverse nation together. Based on a series of lectures sponsored by the New York Public Library and Oxford University Press, the text asserts that the melting pot of America has never melted, and that American mutuality has always existed in a recognition of differences. The blame for the fraying of the American sense of collectivity and mutual respect is laid at many doors: those who claim there is only one path to a virtuous America; multiculturalists who seek to rewrite history; advocators of political correctness; and sociologists who see the dysfunctional family as the cause of most personal problems.

Author Biography:

Born in Sydney, Australia, in 1938, Robert Hughes has been the art critic of Time since he moved from Europe to the United States in 1970. His books--The Shock of the New, The Fatal Shore, Nothing if Not Critical, Barcelona--have won many awards in Australia, America, and Europe, most recently (1992) the international El Brusi prize for literature and communications given by the Olimpiada Cultural in Barcelona.

Release date NZ

June 17th, 1993

Author

Robert Hughes

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

224

Dimensions

150x219x23

ISBN-13

9780195076769

Product ID

7575524

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