The moderate imagination : the political thought of John Updike and the decline of New Deal liberalism /

"One of the most pressing questions to arise in the aftermath of the 2016 US presidential election concerned the white working class's so-called "abandonment" of the Democratic Party, especially in the Rust Belt, and their surprising embrace of Donald Trump. To better understand...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fromer, Yoav (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2020]
Subjects:	Updike, John > Political and social views. Updike, John. Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century. Political and social views. Politics and literature. United States. 1900-1999 History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The man in the middle
The liberal education of John Updike
The poorhouse fair: The liberal state and Its discontents
Family matters: Therapeutic liberalism, consumer capitalism, and the decline of the family in Rabbit, Run
Sleeping together, bowling alone: Couples and the decline of civic engagement
Things don't mix: Rabbit redux and the unraveling of postwar liberalism
Conclusion: Liberalism redux.