I Sing the Body Politic

Peter Swirski is director of American Studies at Hong Kong University and author of numerous books, including A Stanislaw Lem Reader, From Lowbrow to Nobrow, The Art and Science of Stanislaw Lem, and All Roads Lead to the American City.

• Introduction: History Repeats Itself Repeats Itself; 1 Stupiditys Progress:; Philip Roth and Twentieth-Century American History; DAVID RAMPTON; 2 The Historature of the American Empire:; Joseph Hellers Picture This; PETER SWIRSKI; 3 The American Wars:; History and Prophecy in Vietnam, the Gulf, and Iraq; MICHAEL ZEITLIN; 4 Spike Lee, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X:; The Politics of Domination and Difference; GORDON E. SLETHAUG; 5 Living in Fictitious Times:; Michael Moores Awful Truth about America; NICHOLAS RUDDICK Bibliography; Contributors; Index Introduction: History Repeats Itself Repeats Itself; 1 Stupiditys Progress:; Philip Roth and Twentieth-Century American History; DAVID RAMPTON; 2 The Historature of the American Empire:; Joseph Hellers Picture This; PETER SWIRSKI; 3 The American Wars:; History and Prophecy in Vietnam, the Gulf, and Iraq; MICHAEL ZEITLIN; 4 Spike Lee, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X:; The Politics of Domination and Difference; GORDON E. SLETHAUG; 5 Living in Fictitious Times:; Michael Moores Awful Truth about America; NICHOLAS RUDDICK Bibliography; Contributors; Index

"A significant contribution to literary and cultural studies, sure to be consulted for many years by any number of scholars and students in departments of American Studies, English, Film Studies, and beyond." John Howard, King's College London "Though a unique combination of scholarship, readability, and what might be described as moral outrage, I Sing the Body Politic makes its point in a very telling way. Beautifully written, and based on an impressive amount of research, it casts a devastating light on the Bush administration and the political order in recent years." Arthur Asa Berger, San Francisco State Univeristy