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Article: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO PURDY VOICE OF REASON SPREADS ITSELF THIN IN 'BEING AMERICA'.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- March 7, 2003
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Byline: Tyler D. Johnson
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
``The dominant forces in today's world - capitalism, democracy, nationalism, and America's prominence - produce both liberty and violence, and there is no way to have one without inviting the other,'' writes Jedediah Purdy.
If Purdy's sprawling new book, Being America, could be summarized in a sentence, it is that one. But it can't, mainly because Purdy is aiming very high (at just about every global issue out there) while trying to define America in the 21st century. He calls the book's subject ``hopeful politics'' - and it is inspiring to read sincere, learned ideas about improving the world and ...
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