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What Motivates Cultural Progressives? - Understanding Opposition to the Political and Christian Right (Paperback)
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What Motivates Cultural Progressives? - Understanding Opposition to the Political and Christian Right (Paperback)
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Public activism has grown significantly during the 21st century as
a cornerstone of the democratic process. But activism, regardless
of its ideological roots, is often interpreted through the lens of
the culture wars pitting social movements with opposing ideals
against one another. For too long, as George Yancey and David
Williamson argue, progressive activists, one side of these culture
wars, have been seldom studied and virtually never critiqued in
public conversation.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. Further, Yancey and
Williamson argue that, despite great resistance to conservatives
purportedly nonrational appeals, progressive activists are found to
use irrational techniques when seeking to establish their movement
and position their cause as socially legitimate. In the
contemporary heated political climate the often-surprising and
likely controversial findings of What Motivates Cultural
Progressives? will prove essential, thought-provoking reading for
understanding the growing concern over the influence of activism.
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