Culture wars and enduring American dilemmas
"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 Uni...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press
2010.
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Colección: | JSTOR Open Access monographs.
Contemporary political and social issues. |
Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37915320*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Culture wars and warring about culture
- Respect for religion but uncertainty about its role
- Moral but not moralistic
- Individualism but not to excess
- Pluralism within one culture
- Antielitist but respecting achievement
- Moderation, plain and simple
- Culture, class, and American exceptionalism.