Culture Wars and Enduring American Dilemmas :
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Culture Wars and Enduring American Dilemmas :

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Culture Wars and Enduring American Dilemmas :

About this book

The idea of a culture war, or wars, has existed in America since the 1960s---an underlying ideological schism in our country that is responsible for the polarizing debates on everything from the separation of church and state, to abortion, to gay marriage, to affirmative action. Irene Taviss Thomson explores this notion by analyzing hundreds of articles addressing hot-button issues over two decades from four magazines: National Review, Time, The New Republic, and The Nation, as well as a wide array of other writings and statements from a substantial number of public intellectuals. What Thomson finds might surprise you: based on her research, there is no single cultural divide or cultural source that can account for the positions that have been adopted.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. 1. Culture Wars and Warring about Culture
  3. 2. Respect for Religion but Uncertainty about Its Role
  4. 3. Moral but Not Moralistic
  5. 4. Individualism but Not to Excess
  6. 5. Pluralism within One Culture
  7. 6. Antielitist but Respecting Achievement
  8. 7. Moderation, Plain and Simple
  9. 8. Culture, Class, and American Exceptionalism
  10. 9. Concluding Comments
  11. Methodological Appendix
  12. References
  13. Index