Amerykański Światowid. Cztery oblicza kompleksu militarno-przemysłowo-medialnego.

• Authors: Sławomir Czapnik

Title variants

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American Svetovid. Four Faces of the Military-Industrial-Media Complex.

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Svetovid is a Slavic four-headed god, which could be a metaphor of American military-industrial-media complex. Aim of this article is to analyze four main dimensions of mentioned above complex. First, probably the most obvious face of the complex are military interventions abroad, especially after World War II in the Greater Middle East. Second face is a wasteful character of the military spending, inefficiency of the military and corporate bureaucracies. Third element is presence of the militarism in the society, especially in American schools, which becomes vehicles for the army recruitment process. Last face of the military-industrial-media complex is a cultural one, epitomized by the film directed by Clint Eastwood, American sniper. In conclusion author describes some contradictions deeply embedded in American militarism.

Keywords

EN

Military; mass media; imperialism; American Sniper (the movie)

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii, Uniwersytet Szczeciński
• Journal: Nowa Krytyka
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 38
• Pages: 115-138

Contributors

author

Sławomir Czapnik

• Uniwersytet Opolski

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