Article: Security against Democracy: The Legacy of the Cold War at Home
A revised version of the author's presidential address to the Organization of American Historians: Elaine Tyler May (University of Minnesota), "Security against Democracy: The Legacy of the Cold War at Home" ("The Journal of American History", 97 [4], March 2011: pp. 939-57).
Quote: "Antidemocratic policies, from the early Cold War purges of suspected Communists and homosexuals to the erosion of individual rights in the war on terror, have received extensive attention from scholars. Less studied are the ways citizens, in their private lives, have adopted and internalized the preoccupation with security. I will argue that the undermining of democracy in the name of security has penetrated much deeper into American life than our public policies, right down to the level of daily life. In fact, the obsession with security at the personal level may be even more corrosive of democracy than the public policies promoted in the name of national security."
A revised version of the author's presidential address to the Organization of American Historians: Elaine Tyler May (University of Minnesota), "Security against Democracy: The Legacy of the Cold War at Home" ("The Journal of American History", 97 [4], March 2011: pp. 939-57).
Quote: "Antidemocratic policies, from the early Cold War purges of suspected Communists and homosexuals to the erosion of individual rights in the war on terror, have received extensive attention from scholars. Less studied are the ways citizens, in their private lives, have adopted and internalized the preoccupation with security. I will argue that the undermining of democracy in the name of security has penetrated much deeper into American life than our public policies, right down to the level of daily life. In fact, the obsession with security at the personal level may be even more corrosive of democracy than the public policies promoted in the name of national security."
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