| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiv, 255 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"We are living in the midst of an American Awakening, without God and without forgiveness. The first two Awakenings brought religious renewal; the third-the social gospel movement and its aftermath (1880-1910)-invoked the authority of religion to bring about political and social transformation, but lost sight of Christianity along the way. The Awakening through which we are now living comprehends politics through the categories of religion without recognizing it, has no place for the God who judges or the God who forgives, and has brought America to a dead end, beyond which no one can see. Identity politics renders judgment not based on sins of omission and commission, but on the publicly visible, unalterable, attributes that precede whatever citizens might do or leave undone. Identity politics offers no forgiveness for transgressions, because they are irredeemable. Liberal politics was once concerned with working together to build a common world. Identity politics has transformed politics. It has turned politics into a religious venue of sacrificial offering. For the moment, the irredeemable scapegoat is the white, heterosexual, man. After he is humiliated and purged, on whom will innocent victims turn their cathartic rage? White women? Black men? Identity politics is the anti-egalitarian spiritual eugenics of our age. It demands that pure and innocent groups ascend, and the stained transgressor groups be purged. If religious revivals are understood as collective efforts to redeem a stained world, then identity politics is an American religious revival-this time around, without God"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Part one. Identity Politics: Transgression and Innocence -- part two. Bipolarity and Addiction: Further Obstacles to the Retrieval of Liberal Competence -- Conclusion. Patient and unending labor -- Epilogue. American awakening: Wuhan flu edition |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Identity politics -- United States.
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Identity politics. |
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United States. |
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Political culture -- United States.
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Religion and politics -- United States.
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Political culture. |
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Religion and politics. |
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PHILOSOPHY / Political. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mitchell, Joshua, 1955- American awakening First American edition. New York City : Encounter Books, 2020. 9781641771306 (DLC) 2020008204 |
| ISBN |
9781641771313 electronic book |
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1641771313 electronic book |
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9781641771306 hardcover |
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