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Going Low examines how the offensive style of contemporary politics challenges liberal democratic institutions. Considering the rise of illiberal politics and debates about the limits of free speech, Finbarr Curtis draws on the insights of religious studies to rethink provocation and transgression.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Reality of Donald J. Trump
2. Steve Bannon and the Clash of Civilizations
3. Cartoons and Guns
4. Christian Values and the White Evangelical
5. Masterpiece Cakeshop and the Art of Religious Freedom
6. NFL Protests and the Profane Rites of Something
7. Fear and Safety on Campus
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Finbarr Curtis is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Georgia Southern University. He is the author of The Production of American Religious Freedom (2016).
Zusammenfassung
Going Low examines how the offensive style of contemporary politics challenges liberal democratic institutions. Considering the rise of illiberal politics and debates about the limits of free speech, Finbarr Curtis draws on the insights of religious studies to rethink provocation and transgression.
Zusatztext
Finbarr Curtis's book is bold, analytically curious, and it makes a pressing argument about the mechanics and fragility of the contemporary American order. Going Low is a book that punches you in the gut with its argument about the secular age gone bad and getting worse. Curtis's account of the Trump phenomenon is the one that makes the most sense of a volatile moment that remains resistant to pedestrian hot-takes or 'serious' analyses of political economy.
