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The twilight of common dreams, why America is wracked by culture wars, Todd Gitlin

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The twilight of common dreams, why America is wracked by culture wars, Todd Gitlin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-281) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The twilight of common dreams

Nature of contents

bibliography

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36060311

Responsibility statement

Todd Gitlin

Sub title

why America is wracked by culture wars

Summary

The author focuses on the politics of textbook adoption in Oakland, California, in the early 1990s. The textbooks under consideration, written by a well-known multiculturalist and former leftist activist, were attacked as racist. Meanwhile, Gitlin notes, the larger issue, the fact that state funding of education has been repeatedly slashed, goes undebated. Widening his discussion, Gitlin goes on to talk about the decline of the Left, whose preoccupation with the needs of select "identities" and "cultures" has caused the movement to squander its energy on petty turf wars. He also argues that the Right, formerly associated with privileged interests, now claims to speak for the common good. --, Provided by publisher

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