Making the World Over: Confronting Racism, Misogyny, and Xenophobia in U.S. History

Political polarization and unrest are not exclusive to our era, but in the twenty-first century, we are living with seemingly unresolvable disagreements that threaten to tear our country apart. Discrimination, racism, tyranny, religious fundamentalism, political schisms, misogyny, "fake news," border walls, the #MeToo moment, foreign intervention in our electoral process—these cultural and social rifts charge our world, and we have failed to find a path toward agreement or unity.

Making the World Over is Marie Griffith’s thoughtful response to an imperiled nation that has forgotten how to listen and debate productively, at a time when it needs vigorous discourse more than ever. Griffith performs the urgent work of examining the histories behind the issues at the root of our country’s conflicts both past and present, from race and immigration to misogyny and reproductive rights. This is more than a study of the issues; it is an attempt to shed real light on how to encourage constructive dialogue and move society forward.

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Making the World Over: Confronting Racism, Misogyny, and Xenophobia in U.S. History

Political polarization and unrest are not exclusive to our era, but in the twenty-first century, we are living with seemingly unresolvable disagreements that threaten to tear our country apart. Discrimination, racism, tyranny, religious fundamentalism, political schisms, misogyny, "fake news," border walls, the #MeToo moment, foreign intervention in our electoral process—these cultural and social rifts charge our world, and we have failed to find a path toward agreement or unity.

Making the World Over is Marie Griffith’s thoughtful response to an imperiled nation that has forgotten how to listen and debate productively, at a time when it needs vigorous discourse more than ever. Griffith performs the urgent work of examining the histories behind the issues at the root of our country’s conflicts both past and present, from race and immigration to misogyny and reproductive rights. This is more than a study of the issues; it is an attempt to shed real light on how to encourage constructive dialogue and move society forward.

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Making the World Over: Confronting Racism, Misogyny, and Xenophobia in U.S. History

Making the World Over: Confronting Racism, Misogyny, and Xenophobia in U.S. History

Making the World Over: Confronting Racism, Misogyny, and Xenophobia in U.S. History

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Overview

Political polarization and unrest are not exclusive to our era, but in the twenty-first century, we are living with seemingly unresolvable disagreements that threaten to tear our country apart. Discrimination, racism, tyranny, religious fundamentalism, political schisms, misogyny, "fake news," border walls, the #MeToo moment, foreign intervention in our electoral process—these cultural and social rifts charge our world, and we have failed to find a path toward agreement or unity.

Making the World Over is Marie Griffith’s thoughtful response to an imperiled nation that has forgotten how to listen and debate productively, at a time when it needs vigorous discourse more than ever. Griffith performs the urgent work of examining the histories behind the issues at the root of our country’s conflicts both past and present, from race and immigration to misogyny and reproductive rights. This is more than a study of the issues; it is an attempt to shed real light on how to encourage constructive dialogue and move society forward.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780813946351
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Publication date: 05/04/2021
Series: Richard E. Myers Lectures
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 208
File size: 3 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

R. Marie Griffith is John C. Danforth Professor in the Humanities and Director of the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis and author of Moral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politics.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What Can We Do?
1. Truth: Legacies of Slavery and How to Tell History
2. Empathy: Aliens, Immigrants, and Strangers in U.S. Policy
3. Courage: Ghosts of Coverture and the Persistence of Misogyny
4. Conversation: Abortion and Religious Liberty
Conclusion: Small Promptings for Making the World Over
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

What People are Saying About This

Randall Balmer

Griffith approaches complex ideas in a way that is thoughtful, concise, and provocative without being incendiary.

Eddie S. Glaude

With passion, nuance, and care, R. Marie Griffith has written a critical book for our difficult times. Making the World Over commends the values of truth-telling, empathy, courage, and conversation as the basis for a different way of being together in this country. It is a moral call to hold each other accountable. In the end, Griffith confronts the ugliness of who we are as Americans, and she dares to imagine us otherwise. A powerful read!

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