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The Battle Over a U.S. Culture War: A Note on Inflated Rhetoric Versus Inflamed Politics.
- Source :
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Forum (2194-6183) . 2005, Vol. 3 Issue 2, preceding p1-11. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- The concept of a "culture war" has occasioned almost as much conflict among scholars as it depicts within societies. Although it should be more of a variable than an absolute, this paper argues that the phrase over-reaches as a description of the U.S. during and since the 2004 Presidential election. Not only does the U.S. fail to fulfill a criterion of "widespread polarization," but it also falls mercifully short of the kind of "concerted violence" and the pursuit of "illegitimate government control" that the notion of a war requires. The paper ends on a comparative note with brief accounts of research visits to four societies where culture wars have been fully realized as a lamentable fact of daily life: Northern Ireland, Guatemala, Israel, and India. These sketches -- like the argument itself -- are drawn from the author's recent book, Crossing the Gods (2001). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *CULTURE conflict
*CULTURE
*SCHOLARS
*POLITICAL science
*RHETORIC
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21946183
- Volume :
- 3
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Forum (2194-6183)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18102394
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2202/1540-8884.1083