Liars! Cheaters! Evildoers!: Demonization and the End of Civil Debate in American PoliticsNYU Press, 2005 - Всего страниц: 228 The level of vitriol in American politics has been rising with no end in sight. Terms like “evildoer,” “war on terror,” and “axis of evil” have become commonplace in our discussion of international politics. What ever happened to civil debate? Where has all this moralizing come from? And what harm has this new level of attack caused to democracy in America? |
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... religious right, it still is. Accusing others of demonizing is a strong charge. We recognize that when we ourselves claim that certain writers or political leaders are engaging in demonization, we open ourselves to the charge of ...
... religious, and is nurtured, perhaps even necessary, in the execution of an actual war. President Bush's articulation of an “axis of evil” is one example, but the history of threat and warfare is replete with others. Recall, for example ...
... religion tended to regard conquest or conversion of the non-Christian as a divine responsibility, but in the New World Catholic and Protestant theologies differed in terms of the degree of assimilation sought. Papal doctrine, though ...
... religion as economic success became an indication of God's grace. Thus, the meaning of life and one's place in the afterlife both justified absorbing strict discipline and marshalling self-discipline, and had little to do with personal ...
... religious impulse actually contains the seeds of two opposite answers to the “moral bottom line: Who do we blame for trouble, the sinner or the society?” Rather than just blaming the sinner, the puritans blamed both. Salvation and ...
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Americas Moral Paradox | 44 |
4 The Deep Divide and the Most Vulnerable | 64 |
Part II
Demonization and Wars Seeking the Enemy | 85 |
6 Terror Evil and the New Cold War | 102 |
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Terror Wars and Culture Wars | 129 |
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Preserve the Environment Become an Environmental Sport | 149 |
Conclusion | 164 |
Notes | 199 |
Index | 221 |
About the Authors | 228 |
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