The End of Politics: Corporate Power and the Decline of the Public Sphere

The End of Politics is based on a bleak premise: politics in the U.S. is in a "pathetic condition." A professor of social science at National University in Los Angeles, Carl Boggs argues that most Americans are "increasingly alienated from a political system that is commonly viewed as corrupt, authoritarian, and simply irrelevant to the most important challenges of our time." Citing ever-declining voter participation, Boggs says Americans have "retreated from political involvement out of justifiable feelings of disgust and pessimism." But it is not just politics that is suffering: he also points to a loss of civility in American society, an increase in the culture of violence, a proliferation of gangs and militias, a breakdown of the family, and a retreat by many Americans into consumerism. Boggs bemoans the decline of American liberalism and attempts to link this with most of the problems in our society today. He also blames global corporate capitalism, corporate downsizing, and "all consuming corporate agendas," which he contends have become the dominant influence in politics. And the mass media receives its share of lumps as well. To fix such rampant social problems, Boggs argues for a "recovery of politics" from the political and corporate elites. "Repoliticization will have to be achieved in a context where the entire field of political activity has been fundamentally altered," he writes. Those seeking a textbook restructuring of our political system will pr

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