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Land of Idols: Political Mythology in America
Michael Parenti
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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
Michael Parenti
Land of Idols: Political Mythology in America
