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Civilization : how we all became American

Title
  1. Civilization : how we all became American / Régis Debray ; translated by David Fernbach.
Published by
  1. London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2019.
  2. ©2019
Author
  1. Debray, Régis

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Additional authors
  1. Fernbach, David
Description
  1. xi, 175 pages; 22 cm
Summary
  1. In 1900, an American of taste was a European in exile; in 2000, a trendy European is a frustrated American--or one waiting for a visa. 0Régis Debray explores America's global cultural ascendancy in this provocative and witty analysis of our contemporary condition. Whereas Europe once foregrounded the importance of time and writing, America is a civilization of spectacle and kinetics, blind to the tragic complexities of human life. A measure of America's success is how its jargon has been adopted by European languages, but there is much more than that to the States' infiltration into all aspects of modern life. 0For Debray, the dominance of American civilization is a historical fait accompli. Yet he envisions a sanctuary for the best of Europe modelled on Vienna at the cusp of the twentieth century, where art and literature flowered in the rich soil of a decaying empire. For decades to come, Europe can still offer a rich cultural seedbed. "Some will call it decadence," writes Debray, "others liberation. Why not both?"
Uniform title
  1. Civilisation. English
Alternative title
  1. Civilisation.
  2. How we all became American
Subject
  1. France
  2. Europe
  3. Group identity > France
  4. Group identity > Europe
  5. France > Civilization > American influences
  6. Civilization, Modern > American influences
  7. Civilization > American influences
  8. Europe > Civilization > American influences
Call number
  1. JFD 19-3600
Note
  1. Originally published: Paris : Gallimard. Civilisation: comment nous sommes devenus Américains.
Language (note)
  1. Translated from the French.
Author
  1. Debray, Régis, author.
Title
  1. Civilization : how we all became American / Régis Debray ; translated by David Fernbach.
Publisher
  1. London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2019.
Copyright date
  1. ©2019
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Language
  1. Translated from the French.
Added author
  1. Fernbach, David, translator.
LCCN
  1. 2018045054
ISBN
  1. 9781788734035 (hardback)
  2. 1788734033 (hardback)
  3. 9781788734059 (United Kingdom ebk)
  4. 178873405X (United Kingdom ebk)
Research call number
  1. JFD 19-3600
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