Land of Idols · Political Mythology in America by Parenti, Michael -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Preface Acknowledgments PART I: Political Notions

CHAPTER 1: Myths of Political Quietism

"YOU CAN'T FIGHT CITY HALL" "OUR LEADERS KNOW BEST" "YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE MORALITY" "PLUS ÇA CHANGE, PLUS C'EST LA MÊME CHOSE"

CHAPTER 2: The New Age Mythology

NEW CONSCIOUSNESS, OLD PROMISES HYPER-INDIVIDUALISM AND SELF-EMPOWERMENT PERSONALIZED OMNIPOTENCE—WITH NO VICTIMS "GOD IN ACTION": MONEY AND POWER

CHAPTER 3: Superpatriotism: The Importance of Being "Number One"

PATRIOTISM AS MILITARISM THE "NUMBER ONE" SYNDROME BULLY THRILLS AND INVERTED MORALITY SUPERPATRIOTISM AS AN IMPERIAL PRODUCT REAL PATRIOTISM

CHAPTER 4: The Politics of Religiosity

GOTT MIT UNS: DIVINE POLITICOS OBEY AND FORGIVE SELLING GOD—FOR A PRICE CLASS RELIGION A PEOPLE'S god: liberation theology

PART II: Class and Culture

CHAPTER 5: The Stampede from Class

THE FEW AND THE MANY IDEOLOGISTS AGAINST CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS TWO DEFINITIONS OF CLASS MANY CLASSES? "NO REVOLUTION, NO CLASS" WEALTH AND POLITICAL POWER

CHAPTER 6: System without Spirit: The Relevance of Marxism

MATERIAL REALITIES AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT NEED WE BURY MARX? MARXIST PREDICTIONS, MORE RIGHT THAN WRONG

Business Cycles and the Tendency toward Recession Capital Concentration Growth of the Proletariat Increasing Misery of the Working Class Proletarian Revolution

CHAPTER 7: Monopoly Culture

STATE POWER AND THE CONTROL OF INSTITUTIONS SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES LAW MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE NEWS AND ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA THE ARTS LABOR UNIONS THE FUNCTIONS OF CULTURAL DOMINANCE LEGITIMACY AND IMPERFECT CONTROL

CHAPTER 8: Class Myth and Class Bigotry

PLURALISM AND THE MYTHS OF "DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM" MYTHS OF NATURAL SUPERIORITY AND MUTUAL UTILITY CLASS DISTANCES CLASS INJURY: HATING THE POOR

PART III: Oppression and Conspiracy

CHAPTER 9: Racism and the Ideology of Slavery

TRIBAL "CAMPANILISMO" FROM DEUTERONOMY TO THE GOOD SAMARITAN THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SLAVERY THE FUNCTIONS OF RACISM

CHAPTER 10: Race and the Hidden Dimension of Class

CLASS OR RACE—OR BOTH? IGNORING THE CLASS DIMENSION RACISM AS RACISM: A MOMENTUM OF ITS OWN

CHAPTER 11: The Victimization of Women

THE PRACTICE AND IDEOLOGY OF MALE DOMINATION ECONOMIC REALITIES SEXISM, CAPITALISM, AND SOCIALISM MALE TERRORISM

CHAPTER 12: Conspiracy and Intent

CONSPIRACY AND CLASS RULE THEORIES OF INNOCENCE DENYING INTENT DETERMINING INTENT IS IT PARANOIA? INSTITUTIONAL INTEREST

NOTES

Chapter 1 Myths of Political Quietism Chapter 2 The New Age Mythology Chapter 3 Superpatriotism: The Importance of Being "Number One" Chapter 4 The Politics of Religiosity Chapter 5 The Stampede from Class Chapter 6 System without Spirit: The Relevance of Marx Chapter 7 Monopoly Culture Chapter 8 Class Myth and Class Bigotry Chapter 9 Racism and the Ideology of Slavery Chapter 10 Race and the Hidden Dimension of Class Chapter 11 The Victimization of Women Chapter 12 Conspiracy and Intent