THE TRIUMPH OF IGNORANCE AND BLISS
Table of Contents
Preface
CHAPTER ONE: NOWHERE IN SUBURBIA
Roots in Romanticism
Moving Out
Class War Games
Back in the Dishwater
Pathology of the Mundane
CHAPTER TWO: STARBUCKS AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE
A Public Icon
Rites of Passage
The Historical Background
Revolutions in Science and Philosophy
Power Shifts and the Genesis of the Public
Places of Interaction
The Penny Universities
Starbucks and the Water Cooler
CHAPTER THREE: ONWARD CHRISTIAN TALIBAN
Straight from the Heart
Challenges from Science--Interpreting History
America's Own Taliban
Family Values
The Good Book: Defining Truth and Reality
Copies Galore
The Canon
Discrepancies
God and Theodicy
CHAPTER FOUR: AMERICA MEANS BUSINESS
A Government of the Propertied
Class War in Perpetuity
Nice Republican Phrases--Harsh Republican Reality
CHAPTER FIVE: GOD'S OWN PEOPLE: THE GOP
The Reagan Devolution
Coup de Tête
CHAPTER SIX: THE EVIL OF BANALITY: CORPORATE GREED AND BUSH
Buying the White House
All the King's Horses
Cheating in Science
Cui Bono?
Mortgaging What Future?
The Means Justify the End
CHAPTER SEVEN: THE FADING AMERICAN EMPIRE
When Was World War III?
Mucho Macho
Last Curtain Call