Dreaming of Eden American Religion and Politics in a Wired World
, by Thistlethwaite, Susan BrooksNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780230107809 | 023010780X
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 9/15/2010
Thistlethwaite offers a new perspective for how Americans can understand themselves as a nation and their roles in their community and the world. Thistlethwaite offers the novel and arresting thesis that the American concept of exceptional innocence, which has dominated the political landscape from the Reagan years forward, is grounded in the deeply engrained narrative of the Garden of Eden. She argues that this mindset has caused no end of trouble, both domestically and internationally. Examples range from Abu Ghraib to our recent economic near-collapse. Cover photography c Candice Wouters / Candinski Photography