Crazy America: Greed, Violence, and the New American Dream (Second Edition)

Author: Charles Derber (USA) / He Jiangsheng / He Yeh / Xiang Huali
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: A powerful critique of society, this book is vivid and shocking, leaving me unable to put it down. It's truly brilliant. – J. Kozer
A profound critique of contemporary American society, the book offers a vivid, precise, anding description of today's culture. The insightful analysis and reflections on different approaches to human existence are worth attention. – Howard Sin
This is an important book. It reveals from another perspective who is to blame for the decline of social morality. – A. F. Bousset
As Derber describes, the "insane epidemic" is indeed severe. What's more important is that through Derber's portrayal of this terrible "epidemic," people also see hope and the beneficial advice he offers. Such a scenario deserves attention and warrants efforts to address the problem. – Noam Chomsky, a renowned contemporary American philosopher and linguist
The New American Dream is expanding, and a nationwide crisis of violence and greed is spreading. The growing inequality, increasing social frustration, and harmful moral decay are threatening the very existence of the social structure. The New American Dream advocates individualism, but what is its value? Charles Derber argues in the book that the growing individualism provides fertile ground for antisocial thoughts, leading to severe economic and social consequences. Here, he offers a diagnosis and cure for the social diseases caused by the "insane epidemic," both inspiring and instructive.