The Undertow
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An Instant New York Times Bestseller. One of America's finest reporters and essayists explores the powerful currents beneath the roiled waters of a nation coming apart.
Jeff Sharlet Boeken
Deze auteur duikt in de ingewikkelde kwesties van Amerikaanse macht en fundamentalisme, en dringt vaak door tot de verborgen structuren die de samenleving vormgeven. Door bijdragen aan prestigieuze publicaties zoals Harper's en Rolling Stone, naast meer gespecialiseerde media, toont hij een brede nieuwsgierigheid naar politiek, religie en de pers. Zijn aanpak is diep analytisch, met als doel de onzichtbare krachten te ontdekken die de machtsdynamiek van Amerika bepalen. Deze toewijding aan het onthullen van waarheden en het ontleden van complexe verschijnselen vestigt hem als een belangrijke stem in de hedendaagse non-fictie.
The Family
The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
"They insist they are just a group of friends, yet they funnel milions of dollars through tax-free corporations. They claim to disdain politics, but congressmen of both parties describe them as the most influential religious organization in Washington. They say they are not Christians, but simply beilievers. Behind the scenes at every National Prayer Breakfast since 1953 has been the Family, an elite network dedicated to a religion of power for the powerful. Their goal is 'Jesus plus nothing.' Their method is backroom diplomacy." -- Cover, p.4.
Linked narrative nonfiction from the best-selling author of The Family. No one explores the borderlands of belief and skepticism quite like Jeff Sharlet. He is ingenious, farsighted, and able to excavate the worlds of others, even the flakiest and most fanatical, with uncanny sympathy. Here, he reports back from the far reaches of belief, whether in the clear mountain air of "Sweet Fuck All, Colorado" or in a midnight congregation of urban anarchists celebrating a victory over police. From Dr. Cornel West to legendary banjo player Dock Boggs, from the youth evangelist Ron Luce to America's largest "Mind, Body, Spirit Expo," Sharlet profiles religious radicals, realists, and escapists. Including extended journeys published here for the first time, Sweet Heaven When I Die offers a portrait of our spiritual landscape that calls to mind Joan Didion's classic Slouching Towards Bethlehem.