BACK TO OUR FUTURE

作者 David Sirota著
出版社 Random House US
出版时间 2011年3月第1版
ISBN 9780345518781
定价 216.00

内容简介

WallStreetscandals.Fightsovertaxes.Racialresentments.ALakers-Celticschampionship.TheKarateKidtoppingthebox-officecharts.BonJovitouringthecountry.Thesewordscoulddescribeourcurrentmoment—orthevauntediconographyofthreedecadespast.Inthiswide-rangingandwickedlyentertainingbook,NewYorkTimesbestsellingjournalistDavidSirotatakesreadersonarollickingDeLoreanridebackintimetorevealhowsomanyofourpresent-dayconflictsarerootedinthelarger-than-lifepopcultureofthe1980s—fromthe“Greedisgood”ethosofGordonGekko(andBernieMadoff)tothe“Makemyday”foreignpolicyofRonaldReagan(andGeorgeW.Bush)tothe“transcendence”ofCliffHuxtable(andBarackObama).Today’smindlessmilitarismandhypernarcissism,Sirotaargues,firstbecamethenormwhenan’80sgenerationweanedonRamboone-linersand“JustDoIt”exhortationsembracedanewreligion—withcomicbooks,cartoons,sneakercommercials,videogames,andevenchildren’stoysservingasthekeyinstrumentsofculturalindoctrination.Meanwhile,inproductionssuchasBacktotheFuture,FamilyTies,andTheBigChill,acampaignwaslaunchedtoreimaginethe1950sasAmerica’slostgoldenageandvilifythe1960sasthesourceofallourtroubles.That1980srevisionism,Sirotashows,stillragestoday,withBarackObamacastasthe60shippiebeingassailedbyAlexP.Keaton–esqueRepublicanswholongforareturntoEisenhower-eraconservatism.“Thepastisneverdead,”WilliamFaulknerwrote.“It’snotevenpast.”The1980s—evenmoreso.WiththenativedexterityonlyachildoftheAtariAgecouldpossess,DavidSirotatwistsandturnsthismulticoloredRubik’sCubeofadecade,exposingitasawarningforourowntroubledpresent—andpossiblefuture.

作者简介

DavidSirotaisajournalist,nationallysyndicatedweeklynewspapercolumnist,andradiohost.HisweeklycolumnisbasedatTheDenverPost,SanFranciscoChronicle,PortlandOregonian,andTheSeattleTimesandnowappearsinnewspaperswithacombineddailycirculationofmorethan1.6millionreaders.HehascontributedtoTheNewYorkTimesMagazineandTheNationandhostsanaward-winningdailytalkshowonDenver’sClearChannelaffiliate,KKZN-AM760.HeisasenioreditoratInTheseTimesmagazineandaHuffingtonPostcontributorandappearsperiodicallyonCNN,TheColbertReport,PBS,andNPR.HereceivedadegreeinjournalismandpoliticalsciencefromNorthwesternUniversity’sMedillSchoolofJournalism.HelivesinDenverwithhiswife,Emily,andtheirdog,Monty.

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