372 pages ; 24 cm

Are Americans burning themselves out from stress? Have the living conditions and the pace of the modern urban lifestyle made the attainment of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness impossible? In Twilight's Last Gleaming, James R. Cooper proposes a startling new program to salvage the American dream through a national policy emphasis on renewal of our cities. Cooper's approach is interdisciplinary, ranging from Hobbes to Locke, from suggested changes in the Supreme Court to the nature of human sexuality. Above all, Cooper urges that Americans make a "paradigm shift" in the way they think about the goals they pursue. He demonstrates how new strategies will make living in our cities a rewarding experience and will help America to resume its historic role as a wellspring of democratic progress

Includes bibliographical references and index

pt. I.A New Creed. 1. The American Creed. 2. Exploring Ourselves: What Do We Believe? 3. Rights We Take Seriously -- pt. II. Myth Versus Reality: Pulling the Curtain on the Wizard Oz. 4. The Supreme Court and the Federal Judiciary -- pt. III. The Human Brain. 5. The American Mind. 6. The Architecture of the Brain. 7. The Captive Public. 8. Maturity -- pt. IV. World Cities and American Metroareas. 9. The Population Bomb. 10. American Chartered Metroareas. 11. American Metroareas -- The Best Hope for Human Rights? 12. Metroareas and the Law -- pt. V. Democratic Capitalism. 13. The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism. 14. Diversity in Democratic Capitalism. 15. The Ethics of Pollution and the Quality of the Human Environment. 16. Crime and Insecurity. 17. Militarism, National Security, and a New Foreign Policy -- pt. VI. Overcoming Yesterday in Order to Start on Tomorrow. 18. Private Class Actions and Other Forms of Conflict Resolution -- pt. VII. A National Colloquium. 19. Expanding the Ninth Amendment

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