Living with Hate in American Politics and Religion : : How Popular Culture Can Defuse Intractable Differences / / Jeffrey Israel.

In the United States, people are deeply divided along lines of race, class, political party, gender, sexuality, and religion. Many believe that historical grievances must eventually be left behind in the interest of progress toward a more just and unified society. But too much in American history is...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Loving And Hating America Since The 1990s
  • 1. Jewishness, Race, And Political Emotions
  • 2. The Fact Of Fraught Societies I: The Problem Of Remainders
  • 3. The Fact Of Fraught Societies II: The Problem Of Reproduction And The Missing Link Problem
  • 4. The Capability Of Play
  • 5. Playing In Fraught Societies
  • 6. Lenny Bruce And The Intimacy Of Play
  • 7. Phillip Roth Tells The Greatest Jewish Joke Ever Told
  • 8. All In The Family In The Moral History Of America
  • Epilogue: Losing Our "Religion" In The Domain Of Play
  • Notes
  • Index