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Twenty-First Century and Its Discontents: How Changing Discourse Norms are Changing Culture

Twenty-First Century and Its Discontents: How Changing Discourse Norms are Changing Culture

Nordenhaug, Erik
McIntyre, Kenneth B.
Simmons, Jack

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Philosophy21st Century United States HistoryGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1793608016
ISBN13: 9781793608017
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Aug 18 2022
Pages: 290
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
American culture is changing, a sentiment echoed in phrases such as the new normal, and in these uncertain times, that regularly introduce all forms of public discourse now, signally a national sense of vulnerability and transformation. Cultural shifts generally involve multiple catalysts, but in this collection the contributors focus on the role changing discourse norms play in cancel culture, corporatism, the counter-sexual revolution, racialism, and a radically divided political climate. Three central themes arise in the arguments. First, that contemporary discourse norms emphasize outcomes rather than shared understanding, which support institutional and political goals but contribute to the contemporary political divide, and the notion that we are engaged in a zero-sum game. These discourse norms give rise to a form of Adorno's administered world, such that we order society according to dominant opinions, which generally means those well acclimated to institutional and corporate culture. Finally, as Arendt feared, the personal has become political, meaning that the toxic public discourse invades private discourse, reducing personal autonomy and leaving us perpetually under the scrutiny of institutional authority.

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