Culture wars : the struggle to define America

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Culture wars : the struggle to define America

James Davison Hunter

BasicBooks, c1991

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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Part of this book was originally published in an article by the author in the Brookings review, Spring 1990, p. 20-27

Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-401) and index

"Making sense of the battles over the family, art, education, law, and politics"--Cover

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Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780465015337

Description

A riveting account of how Christian fundamentalists, Orthodox Jews, and conservative Catholics have joined forces in a battle against their progressive counterparts for control of American secular culture..

Table of Contents

Introduction PrologueStories from the Front Cultural Conflict in America The Anatomy of Cultural Conflict * The New Lines Of Conflict The Historical Roots of the Culture War Competing Moral Visions * Cultural Warfare Discourse of Adversaries The Technology of Public Discourse * The Fields Of Conflict Opening Observations Family Education Media and the Arts Law Electoral Politics Parting Observations * Toward Resolution Moral Pluralism and the Democratic Ideal Epilogue
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780465015344

Description

A riveting account of how Christian fundamentalists, Orthodox Jews, and conservative Catholics have joined forces in a battle against their progressive counterparts for control of American secular culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction * PrologueStories from the Front * Cultural Conflict in America * The Anatomy of Cultural Conflict The New Lines Of Conflict * The Historical Roots of the Culture War * Competing Moral Visions Cultural Warfare * Discourse of Adversaries * The Technology of Public Discourse The Fields Of Conflict * Opening Observations * Family * Education * Media and the Arts * Law * Electoral Politics * Parting Observations Toward Resolution * Moral Pluralism and the Democratic Ideal * Epilogue

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