The Culture Struggle
by Michael Parenti /
2006 / English / EPUB
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One of America’s most astute and engaging political analysts,
Michael Parenti shows us that culture is a changing process and the
product of a dynamic interplay between a wide range of social and
political interests. Drawing from cultures around the world,
Parenti shows that beliefs and practices are readily subjected to
political manipulation, and that many parts of culture are being
commodified, separated from their group or communal origins, to be
packaged and sold to those who can pay for them. Folk culture is
giving way to a corporate market culture. Art, science, medicine,
and psychiatry can be used as instruments of cultural control, and
even marriage, the "foundation of society," has been misused by
heterosexuals across the centuries.
One of America’s most astute and engaging political analysts,
Michael Parenti shows us that culture is a changing process and the
product of a dynamic interplay between a wide range of social and
political interests. Drawing from cultures around the world,
Parenti shows that beliefs and practices are readily subjected to
political manipulation, and that many parts of culture are being
commodified, separated from their group or communal origins, to be
packaged and sold to those who can pay for them. Folk culture is
giving way to a corporate market culture. Art, science, medicine,
and psychiatry can be used as instruments of cultural control, and
even marriage, the "foundation of society," has been misused by
heterosexuals across the centuries.
Using vivid examples and riveting arguments throughout, ranging
from the everyday to the esoteric, and penned with eloquence and
irony, The Culture Struggle presents a collection of snapshots of
our time.
Using vivid examples and riveting arguments throughout, ranging
from the everyday to the esoteric, and penned with eloquence and
irony, The Culture Struggle presents a collection of snapshots of
our time.
