Having risen to national attention with his first book, For Common Things, Jedediah Purdy now cements his claim to being one of the most arresting public intellectuals of his generation. In Being America, Purdy turns his erudition and unique perspective to America’s relationship with a world that both admires and hates it.
Purdy has absorbed insights from people around the world: Westernized Egyptians who consider Osama bin Laden a hero, an urbane Indian who espouses gay rights and the most thuggish kind of Hindu nationalism, Cambodian sweat-shop workers, and others. Out of these conversations—and his inspired readings of political thinkers from Edmund Burke to James Madison—Purdy breathes new meaning into the American values of democracy, liberty, and free trade. Clear-thinking and far-sighted, Being America encourages America to strive to realize the potential it doesn’t always know it has.
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“A thoughtful and compelling commentary on America’s difficult relationship with a changing world. Drawing on his refined skills as both a thinker and a story-teller, Purdy takes us on a unique intellectual journey that helps unravel why America is at once loved and loathed abroad.” --Charles Kupchan, author of The End of the American Era
About the Author:
Jedediah Purdy grew up in West Virginia and attended Harvard College and Yale Law School. He has served as a fellow at the New America Foundation and the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School.
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0375727558
- ISBN 13 9780375727559
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages368
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