Description
About the Book
Identifying the historical antecedents of President George W. Bush's imperial ambitions and the sources of the reactionary thought and politics that underlie them, Paul A. Bové shows how neoconservatism represents a singular danger to democracy. At the same time, he criticizes the equally disheartening inability of the academic Left to oppose neoconservatives and its tendency to mirror their views instead. Divorced from historical knowledge and intellectual rigor, the neocon mindset reflects a cultural and historical amnesia that feeds on ignorance and conformity. Exposing the threats to national survival inherent in the alliance of right-wing politics and academic tribalism, Bové emphasizes the need to reconnect with the powers of imagination and the complexity of human historical experience. With urgency and passion, Bové shows how the neocons have succeeded in cowing or coopting academic intellectuals and how language has been used and abused for the maintenance and extension of an undemocratic regime.
About the Author
Paul A. Bové is distinguished professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh, author of numerous books, and editor of the journal Boundary 2.
About the Electronic Publication
This electronic publication of A More Conservative Place was made possible with the permission of the author. The University Press of New England created EPUB and PDF files from a scanned copy of the book.
Rights Information
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License © Trustees of Dartmouth College
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1349/ddlp.3683
ISBN
9781611683424
Publication Date
2018
Publisher
Trustees of Dartmouth College
City
Hanover, NH
Original Citation
Print version: Hanover, NH : Dartmouth College Press, 2013. ISBN: 9781611683424. E169.12 .B685 2013.