Ronald Reagan / Edition 1

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Overview

The fear of the subversive has governed American politics, from the racial conflicts of the early republic to the Hollywood anti-Communism of Ronald Reagan. Political monsters--the Indian cannibal, the black rapist, the demon rum, the bomb-throwing anarchist, the many-tentacled Communist conspiracy, the agents of international terrorism--are familiar figures in the dream life that so often dominates American political consciousness. What are the meanings and sources of these demons? Why does the American political imagination conjure them up? Michael Rogin answers these questions by examining the American countersubversive tradition.
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In this collection of essays, political scientist Rogin postulates a demonological tradition in the mainstream of American politics. This demonology entails the "creation of monsters...by the inflation, stigmatization, and dehumanization of political foes'' as a counter to feared subversion. Although the work's main thrust is aimed at Ronald Reagan, Rogin claims that political demonology has had a long existence, and he traces its history in several essays. The book's argument suffers from sweeping generalizations and from the essay format (all of the pieces except a summarizing chapter have, in some version, been published previously). Nevertheless, this is a provocative work suitable for academic and large public libraries.Steven D. Zink, Univ. of Nevada Lib., Reno
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780520064690
  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Publication date: 9/1/1988
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 420
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.93 (d)

Meet the Author

Michael P. Rogin is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley and author of Subversive Geneology: The Politics and Art of Herman Melville (California, 1985).
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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 26, 2000

    An Important Book

    This should be required reading to offset the deification movement that has swept the book world. We will be paying for Reagan's presidency for decades to come. What a tragedy that so many people still believe the myth.

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