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Amazon.com ReviewCurtis White’s The Middle Mind: Why Americans Don’t Think for Themselves--which grew from a 2002 Harper's article—examines as its titular object the dominant American liberal, pseudo-intellectual consciousness. "The Middle Mind" disdains hard thinking and true examination of corporate and political forces that act upon it. In the book, White dilates on his notion of an American Middle Mind to imagine a world beyond it, but he frequently gets lost on his journey. He finds three sources for this American malaise: the entertainment industry, academic orthodoxy, and political ideology. But, as in the original magazine piece, the figures he picks to condemn within this triumvirate are a bit surprising, even while his attacks are unremitting. NPR's Terry Gross, for example, is characterized as one whose work is "useless for the purposes of intelligence," and her show is dismissed as a "pornographic farce." In his critiques, White claims to be resisting the classic high-brow/low-brow cultural distinctions; or, rather, he sees the Middle Mind as having absorbed them. But his frequent allusions to Wallace Stevens, Ezra Pound, and high Modernism long for a world that never was, a world of art and political resistance that was somehow accessible in its full complexity to all of America. While White wants a creative, intelligent, politically engaged American mass culture, his exemplars look remarkably like high culture icons and few modern intellectuals are left standing (notably Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, and Bill Moyers). By the end, his call for a "pragmatic sublime" diffuses into vague, postmodern-theory-laden discussion of artistic formalism and a celebration of David Lynch's film Blue Velvet as a model for resistance. In this context of exclusivity, Terry Gross's inclusive "Middle Mind" seems the more open space for true discourse. --Patrick O’Kelley What Americans think of Europeans :: Daily Candor I wrote a hugely popular post on what Europeans think of each other and we all know what Europeans think of Americans (that were fat and stupid well its a ... Yes we hate Islam. Yes we will mock your paedophile ... Sep 30 2012. Yes we hate Islam. Yes we will mock your paedophile prophet Mohammed as much as we want. No we dont care what you think or how offended you are. Only 20% are Middle-Class Most Don't Come Close The ... I make somewhere about $51.00 an hour. I live alone. I think I am middle class and if I am not it sure feels like it. I have no worries. I don't worry about paying ... Why Most Americans Don't Own a Bidet in Their Toilet By Dr. Mercola. If you live in the US there's a good chance your bathroom does not contain a bidet. Yet if you travel to certain parts of Europe South America the ... Everything You Don't Know About Tipping - Wait But Why This post was originally published in April 2014. Tipping is not about generosity. Tipping isnt about gratitude for good service. And tipping certainly isnt ... Why Millennials are less religious than older Americans ... Carrie Allen 10 months ago. Why is gen Xers never mentioned as parents of gen y. Im a gen Xer and have two sons born in 91 and 95. I was in my mind twenties ... Dear Poor and Middle Class Republicans: .Why?! When it comes to poor and middle class Republicans I just don't get it. The party supports almost nothing that benefits these individuals and in fact supports... 5 Reasons Why Poor and Middle Class Americans Vote Republican One of the questions I encounter most often in politics (at least among liberals and progressives) is Why do so many poor and middle class Americans vote against ... Many Middle-Class Americans Are Living Paycheck to ... The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans. Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 to pay for an emergency. Im one of them. Why Middle-Aged Americans are Committing Suicide at an ... WND EXCLUSIVE Why middle-aged whites are committing suicide at 'unprecedented rate' Stunning research reveals what is driving Americans to drug addiction ...
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