Stations of the Cross - Adorno and Christian Right Radio

"Apostolidis's application of dialectical criticism to the evangelical radio program" Focus on the Family" is theoretically innovative and politically daring. Reading Christian conservatism as cultural critique, he discerns in its narrative structures the same utopian desire for ethical autonomy that animates 'left' criticisms of our post-Fordist social order. No apologist for the New Right but a democratic provocateur, Apostolidis challenges progressives to set aside their secular disdain for evangelicalism and consider how its powerful cultural idiom might provide intellectual and political radicalism with a new voice."--Lisa Disch, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

List of contents

Acknowledments

Introduction

1. Adorno on Mass Culture and Cultural Criticism
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2. Adorno’s Critique of Christian Right Radio in the New Deal Era
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3. Christian Professionals and the Fraying Fabric of Health and Human Services
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4. Christian Politicians and the Decline of Democratic Accountability
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5. Christian Victims in the Backlash Society
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6. Negative Dialectics and Political Practice

Appendix A
Complete Listing of Focus on the Family Broadcasts Selected for Research

Appendix B
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Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Paul Apostolidis

Summary

Analysis of the nationally broadcast radio program "Focus on the Family" that argues that the Christian right's popularity stems from its resistance to the influence of market forces in the welfare state, the electoral system, and the public sphere.

Product details

• Authors: Apostolidis, Paul Apostolidis, Paul Apostolidis
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.06.2000
• EAN: 9780822325048
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2504-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 839 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Internationale Beziehungen, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, RELIGION / Fundamentalism, Politics / Current Events