Being America: Liberty, Commerce, and Violence in an American

Being America: Liberty, Commerce, and Violence in an American World

Having risen to national attention with his first book, For Common Things, Jedediah Purdy now cements his claim to being one of the most arresting public intellectuals of his generation. In Being America, Purdy turns his erudition and unique perspective to Americaâ‚¬s relationship with a world that both admires and hates it.

Purdy has absorbed insights from people around the world: Westernized Egyptians who consider Osama bin Laden a hero, an urbane Indian who espouses gay rights and the most thuggish kind of Hindu nationalism, Cambodian sweat-shop workers, and others. Out of these conversationsâ‚¬"and his inspired readings of political thinkers from Edmund Burke to James Madisonâ‚¬"Purdy breathes new meaning into the American values of democracy, liberty, and free trade. Clear-thinking and far-sighted, Being America encourages America to strive to realize the potential it doesnâ‚¬t always know it has.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
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Color White
ReleaseDate 2004-02-10
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375727559

Country	USA
Brand	Vintage
Manufacturer	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Refer to Sapnet.
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2004-02-10
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780375727559

Being America: Liberty, Commerce, and Violence in an American World