Why we hate us : American discontent in the new millennium / Dick Meyer.

Why we hate us : American discontent in the new millennium / Dick Meyer.

First edition.

9780307406620
0307406628

New York : Crown Publishers, [2008]

©2008

English

xi, 271 pages ; 25 cm

E169.12 .M49 2008

973.93

Here, journalist Meyer nails America's early-twenty-first-century mood disorder. He points out the most widespread symptoms, including the belligerence of partisan politics that perverts our democracy, the decline of once common manners, the vulgarity of Hollywood entertainment, the superficiality and untrustworthiness of the news media, the cult of celebrity, and the disappearance of authentic neighborhoods and voluntary organizations (the kind that have actual meetings where one can hobnob instead of just clicking in an online contribution). Meyer argues that when the social, spiritual, and political turmoil that followed the sixties collided with the technological and media revolution at the turn of the century, something inside us hit overload: our culture no longer reflects our own values. As a result, we are now morally and existentially tired, disoriented, anchorless, and defensive. The author also offers an uplifting prescription for breaking out of our current morass and learning how to hate us less.--From publisher description.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-258) and index.

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