Less than a year before two planes slammed into the World Trade
Center, the 2000 presidential election produced not just the
blue-and-red electoral map but also revealed the fractured nation
that those totemic colors represent. And from the cultural wars to
immigration restriction, from the Christian right to political
correctness, recent decades have witnessed much hand-wringing on
the left and the right about the fragmentation of American life.
"The Fractious Nation? enlists the critical intelligence of
fourteen distinguished contributors who illuminate the schisms in
American life and the often volatile debates they have inspired in
the realms of culture, ethnic and racial pluralism, and political
life.
"This collection of essays offers a bracing challenge to widely
held beliefs about cultural and political fragmentation in the
United States today. "The Fractious Nation? may well change the
debate on issues ranging from multiculturalism and race relations
to governance and public philosophy."--William A. Galston, author
of "Liberal Purposes: Goods, Virtues, and Diversity on the Liberal
State
"The virtue of this stunning collection of essays is the shrewd
moderation of its authors, who explain that while we in the United
States have serious social conflict, we also have the intellectual
resources to address it. Most of all, "The Fractious Nation, whose
contributors embrace very different political approaches, reminds
us that we must struggle to understand what constitutes nationhood
in this difficult century."--Stanley N. Katz, professor, Woodrow
Wilson School, and director of Center for Arts and Cultural Policy
Studies, Princeton University
"With an all-star team ofcontributors, this volume explores the
many ways that fear of fragmentation plagues the American psyche
today and provides the kind of understanding that allows us to
overcome such fears. The breadth of talent assembled between the
covers of this book is simply awesome."--Robert Suro, author of
"Strangers among Us: Latino Lives in a Changing America
"This is an accessibly written and valuable collection by
outstanding social scientists addressed to the broad question of
whether the United States is experiencing or headed for a 'culture
war.'"--R. Stephen Warner, author of "New Wine in Old Wineskins:
Evangelicals and Liberals in a Small-Town Church "
"This is an exceptionally well-focused collection of up-to-date,
analytical reflections on several of the most pressing issues in
American political culture today, written by some of our most
discerning scholars and journalists."--David A. Hollinger, author
of "Postethnic America: Beyond Multiculturalism
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