EAN: 9780593534403

CHATTERTON WILLIAMS THOMAS SUMMER OF OUR DISCON...

An incisive  culturally observant analysis of the evolving mores  manners and taboos of social
justice (“anti-racist”) orthodoxy  which has profoundly influenced how we think about diversity
and freedom of expression  often with complex or paradoxical consequences.   "Summer of our
Discontent [is] a gift: a way of understanding what happened to us that preserves the humanity
of all parties and points the way forward toward renewal.” —Jonathan Haidt  #1 New York Times
bestselling author of The Anxious Generation   In this provocative book  Thomas Chatterton
Williams  one of the most revered and reviled social commentators of our time  paints a clear
and detailed picture of the ideas and events that have paved the way for the dramatic paradigm
shift in social justice that has taken place over the past few years. Taking aim at the
ideology of critical race theory  the rise of an oppressive social media  the fall from Obama
to Trump  and the twinned crises of COVID-19 and the murder of George Floyd  Williams documents
the extent to which this transition has altered media  artistic creativity  education 
employment  policing  and  most profoundly  the ambient language and culture we use to make
sense of our lives.  Williams also decries how liberalism—the very foundation of an open and
vibrant society—is in existential crisis  under assault from both the right and the left 
especially in our predominantly networked  Internet-driven monoculture.  Sure to be highly
controversial  Summer of Our Discontent is a compelling look at our place in a radically
changing world.

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