Description
Product ID: | 9781788734035 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Civilization |
Subtitle: | How We All Became American |
Authors: | Author: Regis Debray, David Fernbach |
Page Count: | 192 |
Subjects: | Cultural studies, Cultural studies, International relations, International relations, Europe, USA |
Description: | Select Guide Rating American civilisation's dominance over Europe - and what to do about it. American civilization’s dominance over Europe—and what to do about it In 1900, an American of taste was a European in exile; in 2000, a trendy European is a frustrated American—or one waiting for a visa. Régis Debray explores America’s global cultural ascendancy in this provocative and witty analysis of our contemporary condition. Whereas Europe once foregrounded the importance of time and writing, America is a civilization of spectacle and kinetics, blind to the tragic complexities of human life. A measure of America’s success is how its jargon has been adopted by European languages, but there is much more than that to the States’ infiltration into all aspects of modern life. |
Imprint Name: | Verso Books |
Publisher Name: | Verso Books |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2019-03-19 |