A Politics of the Ordinary

by Thomas Dumm

Book Overview

In A Politics of the Ordinary, Thomas Dumm dramatizes how everyday life in the United States intersects with and is influenced by the power of events, on the one hand, and forces of conformity and normalcy on the other. Combining poststructuralist analysis with a sympathetic reading of a strain of American thought that begins with Emerson and culminates in the work of Stanley Cavell, A Politics of the Ordinary investigates incidents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814718973
• ISBN13: 9780814718971
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"