Virtue in an Age of Identity Politics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Virtue in an Age of Identity Politics write by Jonathan D. Church. This book was released on 2022-05-11. Virtue in an Age of Identity Politics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Virtue in an Age of Identity Politics: A Stoic Approach to Social Justice proffers Stoicism as a more constructive approach to social justice activism than Critical Social Justice, the current core framework for social justice activism in the 21st-century. Critical Social Justice examines ideologies that underlie the stratification of society in ways that confer ongoing benefits to some groups at the expense of other groups and aims for a radical reshaping of prevailing institutions because they purportedly, and irredeemably, underlie a set of norms, beliefs, and attitudes which will continue to perpetuate social inequalities if we do not undertake efforts to rethink, disrupt, and restructure society. Stoicism, the ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, is chosen specifically to help navigate the contentious discourse on “systemic” power and privilege which dominates the Critical Social Justice paradigm. In emphasizing intent over impact, as well as the distinction between the circumstances of our lives and the living of our lives, the Stoic approach highlights the vital importance of reason and virtue in achieving a connection between the individualistic concern with cultivation of a good character and the collective concern with making the world a better place.
The Tyranny of Virtue
The Tyranny of Virtue - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Tyranny of Virtue write by Robert Boyers. This book was released on 2019-09-24. The Tyranny of Virtue available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From public intellectual and professor Robert Boyers, a thought-provoking volume of nine essays that elegantly and fiercely addresses recent developments in American culture and argues for the tolerance of difference that is at the heart of the liberal tradition. Written from the perspective of a liberal intellectual who has spent a lifetime as a writer, editor, and college professor, The Tyranny of Virtue is a precise and nuanced insider’s look at shifts in American culture—most especially in the American academy—that so many people find alarming. Part memoir and part polemic, an anatomy of important and dangerous ideas, and a cri de coeur lamenting the erosion of standard liberal values, Boyers’s collection of essays is devoted to such subjects as tolerance, identity, privilege, appropriation, diversity, and ableism that have turned academic life into a minefield. Why, Robert Boyers asks, are a great many liberals, people who should know better, invested in the drawing up of enemies lists and driven by the conviction that on critical issues no dispute may be tolerated? In stories, anecdotes, and character profiles, a public intellectual and longtime professor takes on those in his own progressive cohort who labor in the grip of a poisonous and illiberal fundamentalism. The end result is a finely tuned work of cultural intervention from the front lines.
Social Justice in the Age of Identity Politics
Social Justice in the Age of Identity Politics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Justice in the Age of Identity Politics write by Nancy Fraser. This book was released on 1998. Social Justice in the Age of Identity Politics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
American Awakening
American Awakening - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Awakening write by Joshua Mitchell. This book was released on 2022-12-13. American Awakening available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. America has always been committed to the idea that citizens can work together to build a common world. Today, three afflictions keep us from pursuing that noble ideal. The first and most obvious affliction is identity politics, which seeks to transform America by turning politics into a religious venue of sacrificial offering. For now, the sacrificial scapegoat is the white, heterosexual, man. After he is humiliated and purged, who will be the object of 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. The second affliction is that citizens oscillate back and forth, in bipolar fashion, at one moment feeling invincible on their social media platforms and, the next, feeling impotent to face the everyday problems of life without the guidance of experts and global managers. Third, Americans are afflicted by a disease that cannot quite be named, characterized by an addictive hope that they can find cheap shortcuts that bypass the difficult labors of everyday life. Instead of real friendship, we seek social media “friends.” Instead of meals at home, we order “fast food.” Instead of real shopping, we “shop” online. Instead of counting on our families and neighbors to address our problems, we look to the state to take care of us. In its many forms, this disease promises release from our labors, yet impoverishes us all. American Awakening chronicles all of these problems, yet gives us hope for the future.
Redistribution Or Recognition?
Redistribution Or Recognition? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Redistribution Or Recognition? write by Nancy Fraser. This book was released on 2003. Redistribution Or Recognition? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A debate between two philosophers who hold different views on the relation of redistribution to recognition.
