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Author(s): Sardar, Ziauddin
Reader(s): Davies, Merryl Wyn
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Non-Fiction
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: NA436212
Barcode: 9789626343623
Release Date: 01/2005
SARDAR / DAVIES: American Dream, Global Nightmare
Recorded in association with Icon Books, Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies follow their bestseller Why Do People Hate America? with a new title that examines the myths that sustain American life, from those of the Founding Fathers to those manufactured by the Hollywood dream factory. Fear, ignorance, nationalism, war and celebrity loom large. Now that the ‘American Dream’ has become a global nightmare, understanding the laws of American life should be essential for us all.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Sardar, Ziauddin - Author
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
|  | 1 | American Dream: Preface | 05:21 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 2 | Introduction: The Ten Laws of American Mythology | 04:56 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 3 | In our earlier work... | 05:04 |
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| | 4 | The conundrum of style or substance... | 05:02 |
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| | 5 | The 2004 Presidential election could be... | 03:47 |
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| | 6 | To non-Americans, America looks like... | 03:55 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 7 | Laws 1-5 | 04:18 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 8 | Laws 6-10 | 04:14 |
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| | 9 | Collectively these laws define the nature... | 01:46 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 10 | Chapter 1: Drums Along the Mohawk | 05:16 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 11 | 'Drums Along the Mohawk' begins where America... | 05:03 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 12 | Historically, America begins with... | 05:07 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 13 | Settlers came to America led by imagery... | 05:36 |
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| | 14 | The wilderness-frontier experience... | 05:45 |
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| | 15 | Fear and a sense of imminent threat... | 05:25 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 16 | According to Jonathan Jones... | 03:56 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 17 | 'Drums Along the Mohawk' has its own example... | 04:52 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
Disc 2
| | 1 | Chapter 2: Mr Smith goes to Washington | 04:58 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 2 | At the heart of America as a nation... | 04:57 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 3 | There are a number of serious problems... | 04:48 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 4 | Another problem provided by the Constitution... | 04:34 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 5 | The greatest practical departure from... | 05:25 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 6 | America has spawned increasing numbers of... | 04:15 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 7 | If they could look to other advanced... | 04:13 |
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| | 8 | Chapter 3: To Have and Have Not | 06:39 |
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| | 9 | 'To Have and Have Not' is a moral... | 05:17 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 10 | The Founding Fathers had no compunction... | 04:02 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 11 | When America sought to externalise... | 06:45 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 12 | Roosevelt was not the only voice urging... | 07:55 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 13 | In the early 20th century the US introduced... | 05:25 |
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| | 14 | Myths help us to work out who are the good... | 04:22 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 15 | Chapter 4: The Player | 05:46 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
Disc 3
| | 1 | In the course of 'The Player'... | 05:22 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 2 | But by the time the axe fell on the Patents... | 05:32 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 3 | By the 1920s the Hollywood studio system... | 05:39 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 4 | In the 1930s and 40s... | 05:36 |
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| | 5 | This was the empire made by the Hollywood... | 05:58 |
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| | 6 | Mythic narrative is always built around the... | 06:20 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 7 | In the opening shot of 'The Player'... | 02:49 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 8 | Chapter 5: Sands of Iwo Jima | 05:18 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 9 | World war produced its own necessity... | 06:57 |
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| | 10 | Most of the symbolic moments in America's history... | 05:43 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 11 | The Second World War saw the mass mobilisation... | 06:02 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 12 | National security and security from enemies... | 04:58 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 13 | Real defence spending since 1955... | 05:33 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 14 | The necessity of war is deeply entrenched... | 04:27 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 15 | Chapter 6: Universal Soldier | 03:01 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
Disc 4
| | 1 | Genre movies like... | 05:00 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 2 | The idea that America is conceived in global... | 05:49 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 3 | The regenerated human cyborgs of 'Universal Soldier'... | 06:13 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 4 | But most modern-day apologists for... | 04:29 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 5 | Equating democracy with consumerism... | 05:27 |
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| | 6 | Like empires of old, the ruling elite... | 05:14 |
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| | 7 | Charles Maynes argues that the empire... | 03:50 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 8 | America as global narrative is an... | 04:30 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 9 | Conclusion: Beyond 'Groundhog Day' | 05:40 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 10 | Clearly our reading of American history... | 04:23 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 11 | Religion in America, however, is a potent... | 05:30 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 12 | The war on terror is the ultimate 'Groundhog... | 06:08 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 13 | We have argued that the ten laws of American... | 06:19 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 14 | But this psychosis... | 05:39 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
| | 15 | The 21st century world is an inter-dependent... | 05:09 |
Davies, Merryl Wyn (Reader)
Total Playing Time: 05:17:19