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Title: Faded Mosaic Condition: New Format: Paperback Release Date: 04/03/2002 EAN: 9781566634250 Subtitle: The Emergence of Post-Cultural America ISBN-10: 1566634253 ISBN: 9781566634250 Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc Description: Contrary to today's widespread emphasis on "cultural diversity," the United States has become not a multicultural society but the world's first post-cultural society. Cultures, Christopher Clausen argues, have lost power over both public and private behavior. This largely unrecognized transformation has enormous importance for every area of American life, from marriage to politics. One of its most prevalent social expressions is an aimless, conformist individualism—because there is no longer any source of authority or value outside the self. The multiculturalism of leftist politics and the family values of the right are both futile expressions of nostalgia for a world (differently interpreted, of course) that is gone forever. In Faded Mosaic, Mr. Clausen brings his analysis down to earth with telling illustrations from contemporary life. He demonstrates how the moral demands and collective identities of America's native and immigrant cultures have vanished. "In striking contrast to societies of the past," he declares, "the United States today has neither one big culture nor many smaller ones, only a dizzying mixture of freedom and nostalgia." Faded Mosaic will be an important and controversial milestone in our cultural self-understanding. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 205mm Item Length: 137mm Item Width: 17mm Item Weight: 277g Author: Christopher Clausen Genre: Society & Culture Topic: Social Sciences Release Year: 2002 Missing Information?
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