CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

1. THE STRANGER PERSONA

2. HANNAH ARENDT: THE THINKER AND THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC

3. HERBERT MARCUSE’S GERMAN REVOLUTION IN AMERICA

4. COLD WAR PROPHESIES: ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN AND MYTHOLOGICAL AMERICA

5. EDWARD SAID AND THE CLASH OF IDENTITIES

CONCLUSION

Notes

Index