The Culture Struggle by Michael Parenti

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"Michael Parenti has educated generations of Americans—including my own—on the merits of a radical world view and progressive politics. In The Culture Struggle, Parenti is at the top of his game. His arguments about the importance of culture and his debunking of dominant ideology is masterful and written with precise and crystal clear prose that few other writers can apporach, let alone equal." —Robert W McChesney, coauthor, Tragedy and Farce: How the American Media Sell Wars, Spin Elections, and Destroy Democracy

From the introduction: Many of us go through our years trying to make sense of the world we live in. ... Trying to make sense of things is what makes us truly human. And it has its rewards by sometimes bringing us to a closer approximation of the truth, to something better than the song-and-dance act that is often foisted upon us by those who populate the dominant arena of discourse. ...

We Americans are indoctrinated in certain precepts about patriotism, the self-made rich, and the rewarding viabilitiy of the free market. ... It is my view that most of such beliefs are themselves ideological.

...In brief, we need to understand the problem of culture as well as that of power... In this book ... culture refers to the entire panorama of conventional beliefs and practices within any society.

Chapter Heads:
Reflections on Culture
Judging Different Cultures
Racist Myths
Hyper-Individualism, Reality and Perception

Softcover, 142pp, Notes

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