Culture Wars: The Struggle To Control The Family, Art, Education, Law, And Politics In America

by James Davison Hunter

Overview

A riveting account of how Christian fundamentalists, Orthodox Jews, and conservative Catholics have joined forces in a battle against their progressive counterparts for control of American secular culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780465015344
Publisher:	Basic Books
Publication date:	10/14/1992
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1500L (what's this?)

About the Author

James Davidson Hunter is professor of sociology and religious studies at the University of Virginia and author of Evangelicalism: The Coming Generation (1987).

What People are Saying About This

Robert Coles

"An extraordinary intellectual achievement--a careful and immensely constructive analysis of moral and cultural conflicts."

Robert Bellah

"An indispensable contribution to the understanding of the sad state of argument in America."

Editorial Reviews

A fascinating study that merits serious attention.

Washington Post Book World

In this excellent, scholarly work, Hunter explores the transition in deeply rooted cultural conflicts in American society. These are the political and social hostilities generated from differing systems of moral understanding involving such issues as abortion, homosexuality, families, education, laws, elections, censorship, media, and the arts. In the past, ancient animosities had been expressed along religious lines: Protestants versus Catholics, Christians versus Jews. Now the culture wars are the issues-centered conflicts between two passionately polarized groups, the ``orthodox'' and the ``progressive.'' Concluding that the moderate voices within this public discourse are usually eclipsed, Hunter suggests some practical steps for us to acquire new analytical tools to resolve cultural conflict. Recommended for all academic libraries. (Index not seen.)-- Anne Page Mosby, Georgia State Univ. Lib., Atlanta

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