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 &lt;h3&gt;Contents&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;pre&gt; INTRODUCTION You Are Being Sarcastic, Dude.........................................................1 The Argument.......................................................................................9 CHAPTER ONE  Good Morning, America.................................................................15 The Ironist Sensibility: A Poorly Drawn Sketch.....................................................29 Two Manifestations of a Social Character: Ironic & Cool............................................35 Cool...............................................................................................45 Recent Talk about Contemporary Irony...............................................................52 Irony & Cynicism...................................................................................59 An Extended Note on Nostalgia......................................................................68 CHAPTER TWO  Excursus on the Genesis of Irony as a Worldview.......................................73 Irony in an Early American Vein: Two Figures Every American Ought to Know..........................81 CHAPTER THREE  European Romanticism Ushers in New Meanings of Irony................................87 Romanticism........................................................................................89 German Romantic Irony..............................................................................96 Sren Kierkegaard..................................................................................104 Modernism Redux....................................................................................108 CHAPTER FOUR  Irony and Civic Trust................................................................111 Irony Is Just Another Word for the Disintegration of Measurable Social Capital.....................115 Jeremiads: The Social Tonic........................................................................130 CHAPTER FIVE  Trust, Civil Society, and the Social Contract........................................147 Social Contract....................................................................................155 Protestant Values in the Social Contract...........................................................162 CHAPTER SIX  The Descent of Inner Dependence.......................................................173 Augustine..........................................................................................175 Reformation........................................................................................178 Calvinism and the Self.............................................................................184 CHAPTER SEVEN  Inward, Christian Soldiers..........................................................195 An American Religion...............................................................................202 Emerson............................................................................................205 The Wake of Romanticism............................................................................209 And Now: The Debate Recast!........................................................................212 Resolve............................................................................................219 Elected Official, Heal Thyself.....................................................................223 CHAPTER EIGHT  Conclusion (i.e. Everything Summed Up Nicely).......................................227 Notes..............................................................................................235 Bibliography.......................................................................................247 Index..............................................................................................257  &lt;/pre&gt;

The events of 9/11 had many pundits on the left and right scrambling to declare an end to the Age of Irony. But six years on, we&#39;re as ironic as ever. This work is a reflection on irony in contemporary American culture.

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