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Culture Wars and Enduring American Dilemmas (Contemporary Political And Social Issues)
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Irene Taviss Thomson gives us a nuanced portrait of American social politics that helps explain both why we are drawn to the idea of a culture war and why that misrepresents what is actually going on.Rhys H. Williams, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Loyola University ChicagoAn important work showingbeneath surface conflicta deep consensus on a number of ideals by social elites.John H. Evans, Department of Sociology, University of California, San DiegoThe idea of a culture war, or wars, has existed in America since the 1960san 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 hotbutton 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. While issues such as religion, homosexuality, sexual conduct, and abortion have figured prominently in public discussion, in fact there is no single thread that unifies responses to each of these cultural dilemmas for any of the writers.Irene Taviss Thomson is Professor Emeritus of Sociology, having taught in the Department of Social Sciences and History at Fairleigh Dickinson University for more than 30 years. Previously, she taught in the Department of Sociology at Harvard University.
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