Open AccessDon Delillo’s novels and a “Mcdonaldized” society
Author(s) -
Giséle Manganelli Fernandes
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
ilha do desterro
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.223
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2175-8026
pISSN - 0101-4846
DOI - 10.5007/2175-8026.2000n39p147
Subject(s) - humility , george (robot) , presidential system , power (physics) , democracy , political science , moderation , diplomacy , law , media studies , art , environmental ethics , art history , sociology , philosophy , psychology , politics , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
In the second American presidential debate on October 11th, 2000, the first question that the journalist Jim Lehrer, the moderator, asked the Democratic candidate Al Gore and the Republican George W. Bush was: “One of you is about to be elected the leader of the singlemost powerful nation in the world economically, militarily, diplomatically, you name it. Have you formed any guiding principles for exercising this\udenormous power?” The two candidates agreed that the U.S. should act with humility and that America has a great responsibility in the world