The Well-Tempered Self by Toby Miller

The Well-Tempered Self by Toby Miller

Miller contends that the modern capitalist state musters a variety of mixed messages about the nature of citizenship and the self. Using case studies, he examines mass entertainment, political discourse, and methods of resistance to powerful cultural forces.

This Fouauldian analysis of political identity- formation, social ethics, and cultural policy in advanced capitalist societies is a timely addition to democratic theoryMiller contrasts the ethic of 'incompleteness' which produces an accelerated and self-policing citizens to the 'autoinvention' exemplified by (some) new social movements and hinted at Foucault's later works. The middle, substantive chapters are the strongest; Miller marshalls a wealth of original data on the deep schism between selfless citizen and self-serving customer underlying much Australian and Brittish Public Policy; the politics of incivility (again, in Australia); and the issue of 'cultural imperialism' under the General Agreement on Tarriffs and Trade. These imaginative discussion denaturalize such classic concepts as national identity, state sovreignty, individual autonomy, self-discovery, and civic virtue. Choice

Toby Miller is assistant professor in the Department of Cinema Studies at New York University. He has taught at Murdoch and Griffith universities in Australia and has worked as a research officer with the Australian Senate and as an announcer and cultural commentator for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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ISBN 13	9780801846045
ISBN 10	0801846048
Title	The Well-Tempered Self
Author	Toby Miller
Series	Parallax: Re-Visions Of Culture And Society
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Johns Hopkins University Press
Year published	1993-12-27
Number of pages	320
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