PDF-(BOOK)-American Awakening: Identity Politics and Other Afflictions of Our Time

America has always been committed to the idea that citizens can work together to build a common world Today three afflictions keep us from pursuing that noble ideal The first and most obvious affliction is identity politics which seeks to transform America by turning politics into a religious venue of sacrificial offering For now the sacrificial scapegoat is the white heterosexual man After he is humiliated and purged who will be the object of cathartic rage White women Black men Identity politics is the antiegalitarian spiritual eugenics of our age It demands that pure and innocent groups ascend and the stained transgressor groups be purgedThe second affliction is that citizens oscillate back and forth in bipolar fashion at one moment feeling invincible on their social media platforms and the next feeling impotent to face the everyday problems of life without the guidance of experts and global managers Third Americans are afflicted by a disease that cannot quite be named characterized by an addictive hope that they can find cheap shortcuts that bypass the difficult labors of everyday life Instead of real friendship we seek social media friendsInstead of meals at home we order fast food Instead of real shopping we shop online Instead of counting on our families and neighbors to address our problems we look to the state to take care of us In its many forms this disease promises release from our labors yet impoverishes us all American Awakening chronicles all of these problems yet gives us hope for the future. At first glance, American politics is complicated and complex, but upon further examination, everything that happens in the American political process has a logical and often simple explanation. . Why Do We Have a Government?. By Kate Chopin. Project By: Zach Almon. Ashley . Doughtery. Landon Baker. Kristen Kursave. Our Excerpt From the Book:. Chapter . 19, page . 68. Excerpt:. It moved her with recollections. She could hear again the . Spreading the Word . American churches in some colonies had official state churches . Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia . some churches were decentralized and . Making History Block 4: 1979 and all that. Questions. What happens to the question of 1979 as a turning point if we think about the politics of identity?. Can we trace this history through analysis of popular culture, and here in particular music? And does the emergence of punk in the late 1970s represent a crisis and turning point in this regard?. First part of . 1700’s. The Great Awakening was a spiritual renewal that swept the American Colonies, particularly New England, during the first half of the 18th Century.  It began in England before catching fire across the Atlantic.  . Creating a Distinctive American Culture in the 18. th. Century. Making Sense of 18. th. Century American Politics. Inheritance of British ideology about government. Divergence: The Nature of American politics. VS. Two broad sets of ideas largely determined . the worldview . in 18th century America prior to the American Revolution.  While it is true that the Enlightenment more thoroughly influenced the Colonial elite, and the Great Awakening was most influential amongst common people, both found their nexus in America. Historian’s Toolkit . Block . 1: . 1979 and all that. Questions. What happens to the question of 1979 as a turning point if we think about the politics of identity?. Can we trace this history through analysis of popular culture, and here in particular music? And does the emergence of punk in the late 1970s represent a crisis and turning point in this regard?. Profile of the Nation. The Geography of the Nation. U.S. a land of small geographical beginnings.. Began as slender fringe of 13 states along the Atlantic coast who declared independence in 1776.. But the colonists actually inhabited a fringe of a fringe.. George Washington . elected president unanimously – took office 1789. Government began on harmonious note but party politics already emerging in states. Constitution did not address political parties (election). A religious revival movement that spread throughout the colonies from the 1720s-1740s. The Great Awakening. Origins . Enlightenment . rationalism. Enlightenment corrupted the Anglican Church. But Enlightenment did affect emphasis on the individual. AP US History. Second Great Awakening. CC #15 3:18 to 6:13. Event. Rebirth of religion in the early 1800s. Causes. Society wasn’t as religious in the Revolutionary Era so Americans returned to their religious roots. A Religious Awakening Chapter 4, Section 1 The Second Great Awakening The first Great Awakening had taken place in the early 1700s. The Second Great Awakening began in the 1800s and lasted half the century. \"This innovative book analyzes the relationship between religion and politics in the Middle East through a comparative study of five countries—Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. Robert D. Lee examines each country in terms of four domains in which state and religion necessarily interact: national identity, ideology, institutions, and political culture. In each domain he considers contradictory hypotheses, some of them asserting that religion is a positive force for political development and others identifying it as an obstacle. Among the questions the book confronts: Is secularization a necessary prerequisite for democratic development? How is it and why is it that religion and politics are so deeply entangled in these five countries? And, why is it that all five countries differ so markedly in the way they identify themselves and use religion for political purposes? The book argues that the nature of religious organization and practice in the Middle East must be understood in the context of individual nation states. The second edition is updated throughout and includes an entirely new chapter discussing the political and religious climate in Saudi Arabia. Earlier introductory analysis has been condensed to make room for new material, and chronologies at the end of each chapter have been added to help students understand the broader context. The second edition of
Religion and Politics in the Middle East
is a robust addition to courses on the Middle East.\"