The Politics of MoralizingJane Bennett, Michael J. Shapiro Psychology Press, 2002 - 248 pages 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. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHAPTER ONE | 11 |
CHAPTER TWO | 27 |
CHAPTER THREE | 63 |
CHAPTER FOUR | 93 |
CHAPTER SIX | 141 |
CHAPTER SEVEN | 183 |
CHAPTER EIGHT | 201 |
CHAPTER NINE | 223 |
CONTRIBUTORS | 243 |
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