The Well-Tempered Self: Citizenship, Culture, and the Postmodern Subject

di Toby Miller (Autore)

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993

In "The Well-Tempered Self", Miller contends that the modern capitalist state musters a variety of mixed messages about the nature of citizenship and the self. Miller argues that capitalism's democratic politics requires selfless, community-minded citizens, while its economics depends on selfish, utilitarian consumers. To fulfil these conflicting needs for political order and economic prosperity, powerful cultural forces are employed to instill a sense of "ethical incompleteness". Citizens are then offered political, cultural and economic opportunities to become better, happier and more fulfilled - opportunities that, in turn, encourage loyalty to both the political and economic systems. In a series of case studies that demonstrate this process, Miller examines mass entertainment, political discourse, and methods of resistance to these powerful cultural forces.

• Autore: Toby Miller
• Editore: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Collana: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society
• Anno: 1993
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 320 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 146 mm
• Peso: 425 gr.
• EAN: 9780801846045

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