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grants’. In particular, he aims to examine how mass production and con-
sumption introduced uniformity as their new potential and how, conse-
quently, conformism gained an entirely new character while losing all its
explicit characteristics. In his essay, Darko Štrajn examines the concep-
tual foundations of the relationship between the American Dream and
education. In the final contribution for this journal special issue, Maja
Gutman ‘aims to analyze the narrative and archetypal frameworks of the
American Dream and demonstrates, how the solid structure of this con-
cept forms an invisible modern mythological fabric in modern media rep-
resentations, and more broadly, popular culture’. Furthermore, the book
review by Valerija Vendramin evaluates Robert Putnam’s book Our Kids:
The American Dream in Crisis.
As the contributions to this journal special issue make clear, the ba-
sic question over the American Dream might not substantive [what is the
American dream] but motivational [why is the interest for its preservation
and reproduction so important].
References
Brooking Institution & AEI (2015) Opportunity, Responsibility and Securi-
ty: A Consensus Plan for Reducing Poverty and Restoring the American
Dream. Dostopno na spletni strani http://www.brookings.edu/resear-
ch/reports2/2015/12/ aei-brookings-poverty-and-opportunity
Cannon, Laura (2003) The Butterfly Effect and the Virtues of the American
Dream, Journal of Social Philosophy, 34(4), pp. 545–555.
Chomsky, Noam (2017). Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles
of Concentration of Wealth & Power. New York: Seven Stories Press.
Churchwell, Sarah (2014) Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Inven-
tion of The Great Gatsby. London: Virago.
Clark, William A. V. (2003) Immigrants and the American Dream: Remak-
ing the Middle Class. New York: Guilford Press.
Cullen, Jim (2003) The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea That
Shaped a Nation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
D’Antonio, William (2011) Religion and the American Dream. In: S.L.
Hanson and J.K. White [eds.], The American Dream in the 21st Centu-
ry, pp. 117–140. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
DeVitis, Joseph L. & Rich, John Martin (1996) The Success Ethic, Education
and the American Dream. New York: SUNY.
Fischer, Walter R. (1973) Reaffirmation and Subversion of the American
Dream, Quarterly Journal of Speech, 59(2) pp. 160–167.
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grants’. In particular, he aims to examine how mass production and con-
sumption introduced uniformity as their new potential and how, conse-
quently, conformism gained an entirely new character while losing all its
explicit characteristics. In his essay, Darko Štrajn examines the concep-
tual foundations of the relationship between the American Dream and
education. In the final contribution for this journal special issue, Maja
Gutman ‘aims to analyze the narrative and archetypal frameworks of the
American Dream and demonstrates, how the solid structure of this con-
cept forms an invisible modern mythological fabric in modern media rep-
resentations, and more broadly, popular culture’. Furthermore, the book
review by Valerija Vendramin evaluates Robert Putnam’s book Our Kids:
The American Dream in Crisis.
As the contributions to this journal special issue make clear, the ba-
sic question over the American Dream might not substantive [what is the
American dream] but motivational [why is the interest for its preservation
and reproduction so important].
References
Brooking Institution & AEI (2015) Opportunity, Responsibility and Securi-
ty: A Consensus Plan for Reducing Poverty and Restoring the American
Dream. Dostopno na spletni strani http://www.brookings.edu/resear-
ch/reports2/2015/12/ aei-brookings-poverty-and-opportunity
Cannon, Laura (2003) The Butterfly Effect and the Virtues of the American
Dream, Journal of Social Philosophy, 34(4), pp. 545–555.
Chomsky, Noam (2017). Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles
of Concentration of Wealth & Power. New York: Seven Stories Press.
Churchwell, Sarah (2014) Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Inven-
tion of The Great Gatsby. London: Virago.
Clark, William A. V. (2003) Immigrants and the American Dream: Remak-
ing the Middle Class. New York: Guilford Press.
Cullen, Jim (2003) The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea That
Shaped a Nation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
D’Antonio, William (2011) Religion and the American Dream. In: S.L.
Hanson and J.K. White [eds.], The American Dream in the 21st Centu-
ry, pp. 117–140. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
DeVitis, Joseph L. & Rich, John Martin (1996) The Success Ethic, Education
and the American Dream. New York: SUNY.
Fischer, Walter R. (1973) Reaffirmation and Subversion of the American
Dream, Quarterly Journal of Speech, 59(2) pp. 160–167.
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