Social fragmentation and the decline of American democracy : the end of the social contract / Robert E. Denton Fr., Benjamin Voth.
This book explores the social and political implications of what the authors identify as the decline of the social contract in America and the rise of a citizenry that has become self-centered, entitled, and independent. For nearly two decades, America has been in a "cultural war" over mor...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: A Divided and€Selfish Nation: A€United States of€America No More; Notes; Chapter 2: Democracy and€the€"Social Contract": Prescription for€Freedom and€Equality; Social Contract, Liberty, and€Equality; Psychological Egoism: All Interest Is Self-Interest; Political Socialization; Summary; Notes; Chapter 3: Generational Change and€Social Values; The Silent Generation; Baby Boomers; Generation X; Generation Y and€the€Millennials; Characteristics of€Today's Youth; Summary; Notes; Chapter 4: The Postmodern Culture and€Political Implications; Postmodern Culture. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Political Implications; Political Partisanship and€Voting; Identity Politics; Rights Are Viewed as€Group Based Rather than Universal; Group Interests Advocated Ahead of€Universal or Common Interests; Identity Politics Encourages Social Polarization Rather than€National Unity; Identity Politics Encourages "Legislative Status"; Identity Politics Encourages "Victim Politics"; Identity Politics Tends Toward "Essentialism"; Identity Politics Generates Tension between€Advocated "Values" and€Cultural Norms; Identity Politics Limits Freedom of€Speech and€Civil Discourse. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Identity Politics Has Resulted in€the€Tyranny of€the€Minority; Identity Politics Is Simply "Anti-Democratic"; Social Relativism; Narcissistic Culture; Social Fragmentation and€the€Balkanization of€America; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 5: The Epistemological Poisoning of€America; The Past as€Our Prologue to€Poisoning; The Good Disciple of€Epistemology: The€Great Debater, James Farmer Jr.; Higher Education; The Church; Journalism and€Free Press; Hollywood; The Federal Government; Summary; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6: De-mock-racy: Comic Framing as€Political Wrecking Ball. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a The Palinization of American Political Argument; Destroying Governor Palin; Comedy and Election 2016; Summary; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 7: Making Black Lives Matter Today; The Great Debater: James Farmer Jr.; Farmer's History of Success; Freedom Rides: 1961; The March on Washington in 1963; The Alternative: Malcolm X; Forgetting James Farmer and His CORE Mission; Restoring Farmer and Making Black Lives Matter Again; Summary; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 8: What Can We Do? An American Renaissance Predicated on Communicative Idealism; What Is Communicative Idealism? | |
| 505 | 8 | |a The Cell Phone Defeats the€AK-47 in€the€Twenty-ƯFirst Century; Individual Freedom Defeats Collective Identity Politics; The Beloved Community Defeats the€Spiral of€Cynicism; Notes; Chapter 9: The Practice of€Politics Today and€the€Greater Tomorrow; The Practice of€Politics Today in€America; Political Polarization; Social Fragmentation; Summary; Notes; Bibliography; Index. | |
| 520 | |a This book explores the social and political implications of what the authors identify as the decline of the social contract in America and the rise of a citizenry that has become self-centered, entitled, and independent. For nearly two decades, America has been in a "cultural war" over moral values and social issues, becoming a divided nation geographically, politically, socially, and morally. We are witnessing the decline of American Democracy, the authors argue, resulting from the erosion of the idea of the social contract. Especially since the "baby boomers," each successive generation has emphasized personal license to the exclusion of service, social integration, and the common good. With the social contact, the larger general will becomes the means of establishing reciprocal rights and duties, privileges, and responsibilities as a basis of the state. The balkanization of America has changed the role of government from one of oversight to one of dependency, where individual freedom and responsibility are sacrificed for group equality. This book examines the conditions of this social fragmentation, and offers ideas of an American Renaissance predicated on communicative idealism.-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
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