Smith, Paul, 1954 Nov. 23-

Primitive America : the ideology of capitalist democracy / Ideology of capitalist democracy Paul Smith. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007. - xv, 135 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-132) and index.

Preamble -- "We" and "you" -- Dialectics -- Freedom, equality, democracy -- Love and contradiction -- What is not allowed to be said -- Narcissistic symbols -- Narcissistic refraction -- Subject of value -- Historical fictions -- Primitive -- Fetishism -- Atavism -- Primitive accumulation -- Imperial power -- Meaningless politics -- Ideologues -- Fascism -- Legal matters -- Animals -- Human rights -- Precarious politics.

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Capitalism--United States.
Democracy--United States.


United States--Civilization.

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