Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Yancey, George A. (1962-....)
Williamson, David (1955-....)
Titre(s) : What motivates cultural progressives? [Texte imprimé] : understanding opposition to the political and Christian right / George Yancey and David A. Williamson
Publication : Waco (Tex.) : Baylor University Press, copyright 2012
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (v-273 p.) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 255-269. Index
For too long, George Yancey and David Williamson argue, the role of cultural progressive
activists in facilitating the modern culture wars has been ignored by scholars and
seldom critiqued by the public. In What Motivates Cultural Progressives? Yancey and
Williamson describe and analyze the multifaceted cultural progressive movement and
its place within the larger American society. What they uncover is a collective identity
informed by staunch opposition to cultural conservatives - both political and religious
- that is motivated by the progressive activist's preference for absolute rationality.
However, Yancey and Williamson argue that despite great resistance to conservatives'
purportedly nonrational appeals, progressive activists are found to use their own
irrational techniques when seeking to establish their movement and position their
cause as socially legitimate. With often surprising and likely controversial findings,
What Motivates Cultural Progressives? is thought-provoking reading for understanding
the political influence of activism. -- from dust jacket
Sujet(s) : Progressisme (politique américaine)
Opposition (science politique) -- États-Unis -- 1990-2020
Conditions sociales -- États-Unis -- 2000-....
Politique et gouvernement -- États-Unis -- 2009-2017
Indice(s) Dewey :
320.513 0973 (23e éd.) = Libéralisme moderne (idéologies politiques) - Etats-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-160258463-1 (rel.). - ISBN 160258463X
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb468190273
Notice n° :
FRBNF46819027
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : The culture war in the United States ; Dynamics of social movements and cultural
progressives ; Developing a typology of cultural progressives activists ; Political
concerns and cultural progressives activists ; General opposition to religion in
cultural progressives activists ; Cultural progressives and critics of Christianity
; The framing of cultural progressive activism ; Cultural progressives and the continuing
culture war
