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The Politics of Moralizing

The Politics of Moralizing

Paperback

PhilosophyGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0415934788
ISBN13: 9780415934787
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 18 2002
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.80 Depth: 8.52
Language: English
The Politics of Moralizing issues a stern warning about the risks of speaking, writing, and thinking in a manner too confident about one's own judgments and asks, Can a clear line be drawn between dogmatism and simple certainty and indignation? Bennett and Shapiro enter the debate by questioning what has become a popular, even pervasive, cultural narrative told by both the left and the right: the story of the West's moral decline, degeneration, or confusion. Contributors explore the dynamics and dilemmas of moralizing by advocates of patriotism, environmental protection, and women's rights while arguing that the current discourse gives free license to self-aggrandizement, cruelty, vengeance and punitiveness and a generalized resistance to or abjection of diversity.

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