Word: righteousness
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...Nixon. Like Nixon, he always has a couple of underlings around who finish his enemies off by spoiling their reputations. I've talked to all of them-Laurence Olivier, John Dexter and Michael Blakemore [three of Hall's onetime colleagues]-and there is a unanimous feeling of righteous indignation...
...Anatomy Lesson lambastes modern culture with the same venom and guilt as its predecessors, and Zuckerman continues to be tormented by the same medusa-like females, self-righteous Jews, and spiteful relatives that have historically oppressed him. Yet if the subjects of The Anatomy Lesson sound all too predictable, the tone of the novel is distinct...
Zuckerman's desire to embrace humanity and combat stultifying forces continues to provide him with a source of artistic inspiration. He spends most of his time attacking the self-righteous hypocrisy of his foes, with much of the impetus for this feeling of inadequacy-and likely Roth's own self doubt-stemming from a welcome maturity in both character and author. Where once Roth's protagonists enjoyed a vicarious thrill while rebelling against religious and social mores, the rebellion seems to have lost much of its childish force...
...rude and accusatory, cynical and almost unpatriotic. They twist facts to suit their not-so-hidden liberal agenda. They meddle in politics, harass business, invade people's privacy, and then walk off without regard to the pain and chaos they leave behind. They are arrogant and self-righteous, brushing aside most criticism as the uninformed carping of cranks and ideologues. To top it off, they claim that their behavior is sanctioned, indeed sanctified, by the U.S. Constitution...
Such designs succeed in part by playing upon our fascination with romantic decay. We travel far to admire the remnants of past civilizations. Western art abounds with paintings of ruins, and, in 18th century gardens, architects actually built them. SITE's buildings also mock the self-righteous vacuity of modern suburban architecture. "Hell, we are all scared of technology and what it will do to us," says Wines. An unsettling view of what Wines calls "the American mobilized experience" is offered in the firm's Ghost Parking Lot at the Hamden Plaza shopping center in Hamden, Conn...