The crisis of culture : identity politics and the empire of norms /
"Are we confronting a new culture—global, online, individualistic? Or is our existing concept of culture in crisis, as explicit, normative systems replace implicit, social values? This book explains today's fractures via the extension of individual political and sexual freedoms from the 19...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English, translated from the French. |
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London :
Hurst & Company,
2024.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Are we confronting a new culture—global, online, individualistic? Or is our existing concept of culture in crisis, as explicit, normative systems replace implicit, social values? This book explains today's fractures via the extension of individual political and sexual freedoms from the 1960s. The book explains that the twentieth-century youth culture disconnected traditional political protest from class, region or ethnicity, fashioning an identity premised on repudiation rather than inheritance of shared history or values. Having spread across generations under neoliberalism and the internet, youth culture is now individualized, ersatz. Without a shared culture, everything becomes an explicit code of how to speak and act, often online. Identities are now defined by socially fragmenting personal traits, creating affinity-based sub-cultures seeking safe spaces: universities for the left, gated communities and hard borders for the right. Increased left- and right-wing references to “identity” fail to confront this deeper crisis of culture and community. Our only option, the book argues, is to restore social bonds at the grassroots or citizenship level"--Publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published as L'aplatissement du monde : la crise de la culture et l'empire des normes, Paris XIXe : Éditions du Seuil, 2022. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781805261346 1805261347 9780197794593 0197794599 |