Consumer's Guide to the Apocalypse What accounts for the apocalyptic angst that is now so clearly present among Americans who do not subscribe to any religious orthodoxy? Why do so many popular television shows, films, and music nourish themselves on this very angst? And why do so many artists--from Coldplay to Tori Amos to Tom Wolfe--feel compelled to give it expression? It is tempting to say that America's fears and anxieties are Full description
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Eduardo Velasquez teaches political philosophy, science and the arts, literature, and popular culture at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. He has taught or held residence at Lake Forest College, the University of Chicago, Haverford College, the University of Edinburgh, University College, Oxford, and at Denmark s International Study Program, affiliated with The University ofCopenhagen. He received his BA from the University of California at Santa Barbara and his MA and PhD from the University of Chicago, all in political science. He is the editor of Love "and Friendship: Rethinking Politics and Affection in Modern Times" and "Nature, Woman, and the Art of Politics.""
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