EAN: 9780593534403

Bilder-Quelle: averdo

An incisive culturally observant analysis of the evolving mores manners and taboos of social justice (“anti-racist”) orthodoxy which has profoundly influenced how we think about diversity and freedom of expression often with complex or paradoxical consequences. "Summer of our Discontent [is] a gift: a way of understanding what happened to us that preserves the humanity of all parties and points the way forward toward renewal.” —Jonathan Haidt #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Anxious Generation In this provocative book Thomas Chatterton Williams one of the most revered and reviled social commentators of our time paints a clear and detailed picture of the ideas and events that have paved the way for the dramatic paradigm shift in social justice that has taken place over the past few years. Taking aim at the ideology of critical race theory the rise of an oppressive social media the fall from Obama to Trump and the twinned crises of COVID-19 and the murder of George Floyd Williams documents the extent to which this transition has altered media artistic creativity education employment policing and most profoundly the ambient language and culture we use to make sense of our lives. Williams also decries how liberalism—the very foundation of an open and vibrant society—is in existential crisis under assault from both the right and the left especially in our predominantly networked Internet-driven monoculture. Sure to be highly controversial Summer of Our Discontent is a compelling look at our place in a radically changing world.

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