The End of the Gay Rights Revolution
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The End of the Gay Rights Revolution

How Hubris and Overreach Threaten Gay Freedom

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eBook - ePub

The End of the Gay Rights Revolution

How Hubris and Overreach Threaten Gay Freedom

About this book

The gay rights movement in the West has succeeded beyond its wildest dreams – but this success seems suddenly fragile.

Ronan McCrea's important book argues that this is no blip. Forces favourable to gay rights – such as the wider cultural shift towards greater sexual freedom – are weakening, while political developments, cultural changes and migration patterns mean that sources of opposition, both old and new, are gaining strength. The gay rights movement is ill-equipped to meet this challenge. Convinced that history is on its side, the movement has expanded its aims and made new enemies while refusing to consider whether elements of the sexual freedoms it fought for have had unforeseen downsides, including for gay people themselves.

For the gay rights revolution to endure, a fundamental reconsideration of its goals, its history and its limits is required. Anyone wanting to understand the challenges faced by gay rights and the wider liberal project needs to read this timely warning.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Praise for The End of the Gay Rights Revolution
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Terminology
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. 1 Deliverance?
  9. 2 An Incidental Revolution
  10. 3 Sexual Freedom and the End of History: The Post-Liberal Moment
  11. 4 The Illusion of the Universal Appeal of the Sexual Revolution
  12. 5 Hubris: The Gay Movement Over-Reaches
  13. 6 The King Is Dead! Now What? Radical and Moderate Versions of Gay Freedom
  14. 7 The Downside of Anything Goes
  15. 8 The Truth Will Set You Free? The Challenges of Honesty in a Hostile World
  16. 9 A Dose of Modesty
  17. 10 Conclusion: Reform from Revolution
  18. Index
  19. End User License Agreement