Description
Book SynopsisDysfunctional Culture is written for both theoretical and practical purposes. The first part of the book is a discussion of how to understand and identify political ideologies as cultural systems, disposing for both functional and dysfunctional ways of adjustment, even apart from the interests and intentions of their spokesmen. The second part deals with examples related to family morality and reproduction. It is argued that contemporary cultural liberalism, despite its advantages over several totalitarian ideologies, is inadequate for understanding the cultural premises for family functions, and even legitimizes dysfunctional processes. The book argues that belief in individual rights as the main basis for morality is not an adequate response to the moral challenges we are sure to face in the years ahead.
Trade ReviewThis book is a work of deep and wide scholarship, original judgment, good style, and significance for our new century. In sum, an excellent work. -- Robert Ginsberg, Director, International Center for the Arts, Humanities, and Value Inquiry
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 From 11/9 to 9/11 Chapter 4 Cultural Systems and Functionality Chapter 5 The Internal Causes of Ideological Demise Chapter 6 New Liberalism as an Ideology Related to Myth and Belief Chapter 7 The Dysfunctionality of New Liberal Morality Chapter 8 Family Structure and Functionality Chapter 9 Migration—Ideology, Myths, and Beliefs Chapter 10 The Cultural Change Chapter 11 Index
