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Maelstrom: Christian Dominionism and Far-Right Insurgence
illuminates the latest outbreak of right-wing extremism in America.
The book reviews the cyclical nature of right-wing resurgences in
American history, dismisses the appropriateness of the word
‘fascism’ to explain them, and then describes in depth the goal
of “reconstructing” American institutions on the basis of
biblical principles. It critiques the popular view that far-right
politics is carried by stupid, socially isolated, nuts. To this
end, it discusses the logicality of the “big lie,” and examines
in detail how people are recruited into the far-right, by
entertaining the theories of authoritarianism and resource
mobilization. Finally, it characterizes how the ends-oriented
rationality of far-right activists differs from the mini-max
criterion of rationality utilized by the ordinary person. This can
motivate them to be violent and can frustrate efforts by the
government to control them.
Maelstrom: Christian Dominionism and Far-Right Insurgence
illuminates the latest outbreak of right-wing extremism in America.
The book reviews the cyclical nature of right-wing resurgences in
American history, dismisses the appropriateness of the word
‘fascism’ to explain them, and then describes in depth the goal
of “reconstructing” American institutions on the basis of
biblical principles. It critiques the popular view that far-right
politics is carried by stupid, socially isolated, nuts. To this
end, it discusses the logicality of the “big lie,” and examines
in detail how people are recruited into the far-right, by
entertaining the theories of authoritarianism and resource
mobilization. Finally, it characterizes how the ends-oriented
rationality of far-right activists differs from the mini-max
criterion of rationality utilized by the ordinary person. This can
motivate them to be violent and can frustrate efforts by the
government to control them.
Far-Right Fantasy is a straight-forward, jargon-free study of
contemporary American right-wing extremism. Accessible to both
professional and lay audiences, it allows activists to speak for
themselves in their own words. It takes the self-announced
religious motivations of extremists seriously, and illustrates this
by citing numerous cases of radical politics. The book addresses
the strengths and weaknesses of the standard psycho-social-cultural
explanations of far-right activism. It shows how extremists are
similar educationally and psychologically to their more
conventional neighbors; that they get into the movement in the same
way that others become peace activists or radical
environmentalists, namely, through their ties with fellow workers
and church-goers, family members, and classmates; and that their
views are given a patina of certainty by being repeatedly
corroborated within closed, non-contaminated communication systems.
The book avoids being preachy or judgmental, but it does try to
challenge readers morally by submitting far-right fantasy to a
formal ideology critique. It does this by showing how the reforms
it recommends - a marketplace free of regulation, draconian
immigration restrictions; an end to the federal reserve bank and
the income tax; a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution;
anti-union "right to work" laws and a return to debt slavery; the
privatization of schools, the post office, and the commons, and so
on - contradict its ostensible goal, which is to protect and
enhance middle class interests. Far-Right Fantasy is suitable for
adoption as a supplemental text in political psychology and
sociology, sociologies of religion and knowledge, collective
behavior, and American political history.
Racism, collective violence, sickness, environmental catastrophe,
body obsession, greed, and accelerated life concern everyone. They
are also the subject matter of this book. Here, however, they are
not viewed as social problems to be solved by technical experts.
Instead, they are viewed as products of the joint transference of
aspects of ourselves onto objects independent of ourselves. More
specifically, they emerge from conviction there is something "out
there"-say, a nation, an enemy, time, money, the environment, a
medical cure, a bodily orifice (the mouth or genitals), a
significant individual, or an anonymous public, etc.-the
advancement of, accumulation of, defeat of, management of, or
obeisance to can complete us, secure us, fill us, stabilize us, or
in some other way enable us to escape from or deny our "lack": our
existential precariousness or death. Sociological Trespasses
attempts to disillusion readers of this conviction. This is not
done for itself, but to create space for imagining new horizons of
lived-possibility, such as tolerance of human difference,
simplicity, slowness, care, and wakefulness.
Far-Right Fantasy is a straight-forward, jargon-free study of
contemporary American right-wing extremism. Accessible to both
professional and lay audiences, it allows activists to speak for
themselves in their own words. It takes the self-announced
religious motivations of extremists seriously, and illustrates this
by citing numerous cases of radical politics. The book addresses
the strengths and weaknesses of the standard psycho-social-cultural
explanations of far-right activism. It shows how extremists are
similar educationally and psychologically to their more
conventional neighbors; that they get into the movement in the same
way that others become peace activists or radical
environmentalists, namely, through their ties with fellow workers
and church-goers, family members, and classmates; and that their
views are given a patina of certainty by being repeatedly
corroborated within closed, non-contaminated communication systems.
The book avoids being preachy or judgmental, but it does try to
challenge readers morally by submitting far-right fantasy to a
formal ideology critique. It does this by showing how the reforms
it recommends - a marketplace free of regulation, draconian
immigration restrictions; an end to the federal reserve bank and
the income tax; a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution;
anti-union "right to work" laws and a return to debt slavery; the
privatization of schools, the post office, and the commons, and so
on - contradict its ostensible goal, which is to protect and
enhance middle class interests. Far-Right Fantasy is suitable for
adoption as a supplemental text in political psychology and
sociology, sociologies of religion and knowledge, collective
behavior, and American political history.
Following the core principle of phenomenology as a return "to the
things themselves," Body Matters attends to the phenomena of bodily
afflictions and examines them from three different standpoints:
from society in general that interprets them as "sicknesses," from
the medical professions that interpret them as "diseases," and from
the patients themselves who interpret them as "illnesses." By
drawing on a crucial distinction in German phenomenology between
two senses of the body the quantifiable, material body (Korper) and
the lived-body(Leib) the authors explore the ways in which
sickness, disease, and illness are socially and historically
experienced and constructed. To make their case, they draw on
examples from a multiplicity of disciplines and cultures as well as
a number of cases from Euro-American history. The intent is to
unsettle taken-for-granted assumptions that readers may have about
body troubles. These are assumptions widely held as well by medical
and allied health professionals, in addition to many sociologists
and philosophers of health and illness. To this end, Body Matters
does not simply deconstruct prejudices of mainstream biomedicine;
it also constructively envisions more humane and artful forms of
therapy."
Following the core principle of phenomenology as a return 'to the
things themselves, ' Body Matters attends to the phenomena of
bodily afflictions and examines them from three different
standpoints: from society in general that interprets them as
'sicknesses, ' from the medical professions that interpret them as
'diseases, ' and from the patients themselves who interpret them as
'illnesses.' By drawing on a crucial distinction in German
phenomenology between two senses of the body_the quantifiable,
material body (Ksrper) and the lived-body(Leib)_the authors explore
the ways in which sickness, disease, and illness are socially and
historically experienced and constructed. To make their case, they
draw on examples from a multiplicity of disciplines and cultures as
well as a number of cases from Euro-American history. The intent is
to unsettle taken-for-granted assumptions that readers may have
about body troubles. These are assumptions widely held as well by
medical and allied health professionals, in addition to many
sociologists and philosophers of health and illness. To this end,
Body Matters does not simply deconstruct prejudices of mainstream
biomedicine; it also constructively envisions more humane and
artful forms of therapy
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