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Space-times of the nation-state and the effacement of the body-place-commons -- Reclaiming the Democratic republic: historical retrieval and political reconstruction -- De-toggling "consumer republic" dreamworlds -- Regenerating public culture: ecological ontology for democratic publics -- Merleau-Ponty and the flesh of the political -- Participatory reason and democratic professionalism -- Translocal politics, ecological hermeneutics, democratic struggles -- Learning from the global justice movement

ABSTRACTThis paper explores the historical interplay of Appalachia and America over the past hundred years. The focus is on questions of culture and ideology, policy and values as these have been constituted in the development of our "corporate state" and its penetration and integration of the region. A careful examination of Henry Shapiro's Appalachia on our Mind brings to the surface many of the assumptions and values generally underlying the social and public policies binding the nation and the region. Ideological aspects in the genesis of the region as a social problem receive considerable attention. It becomes apparent that understanding Appalachia hinges on critical, historical perspectives on modern America: the liberal tradition, the technological world‐view, and the politicized economy of the corporate state. The notion that "time stood still" in Appalachia (the static image) has developed in ways that deflect or obscure comprehension of the region's particular form of modernization.

The historical interplay of Appalachia & the US over the past 100 years is explored focusing on how culture, ideology, policy, & values have contributed to the development of the corporate state & its penetration & integration of the region. Henry Shapiro's Appalachia on Our Mind (U of North Carolina Press, 1978) surfaces many of the assumptions & values that underlie the social & public policies binding the nation & the region; early ideological influences on the region seen as a social problem also receive considerable attention. Understanding Appalachia hinges on critical, historical perspectives on US modernization: the liberal tradition, the technological world view, & the politicized economy of the corporate state. The notion that time has stood still in Appalachia (the static image) has deflected or obscured comprehension of the region's particular form of modernization. Modified HA.