
The End of the Experiment
The Rise of Cultural Elites and the Decline of America's Civic Culture
Stanley Rothman(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 30. December 2015
Book
Hardback
258 pages
978-1-4128-6248-6 (ISBN)
Description
The End of the Experiment ties together Stanley Rothman's theory of post-industrialism and his four decades of research on American politics and society. Rothman discusses the rise and fall of the New Left, the sixties' impact on America's cultural elites, and the emergence of new post-industrial humanistic values.
The first part of this book explains how cultural shifts in post-industrial society increased the influence of intellectuals and redefined America's core values. The second part examines how the shift in American social and cultural values led to a crisis of confidence in the American experiment. And in a final section, Rothman's contemporaries provide insight into his work, reflecting on his continued influence and his devotion to traditional liberalism.
Rothman presents a quantitative study of personality differences between traditional American elites and new cultural elites. Rothman argues that the experiment of America-as a new nation rooted in democracy, morality, and civic virtue-is being destroyed by a disaffected intellectual class opposed to traditional values.
The first part of this book explains how cultural shifts in post-industrial society increased the influence of intellectuals and redefined America's core values. The second part examines how the shift in American social and cultural values led to a crisis of confidence in the American experiment. And in a final section, Rothman's contemporaries provide insight into his work, reflecting on his continued influence and his devotion to traditional liberalism.
Rothman presents a quantitative study of personality differences between traditional American elites and new cultural elites. Rothman argues that the experiment of America-as a new nation rooted in democracy, morality, and civic virtue-is being destroyed by a disaffected intellectual class opposed to traditional values.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic
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Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4128-6248-6 (9781412862486)
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Person
Stanley Rothman (1927-2011) was director of the Center for the Study of Social and Political Change and was Mary Huggins Gamble Professor of Government Emeritus at Smith College, USA. Althea Nagai is a statistical consultant and co-authored three books with Stanley Rothman and Robert Lerner. Robert Maranto is the 21st Century Chair in Leadership at the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, USA. Matthew C. Woessner is associate professor of political science and public policy at Penn State Harrisburg, USA. David J. Rothman serves as director of the graduate program in creative writing at Western State Colorado University, USA.
Content
Foreword by Robert Maranto
Preface by Matthew Woessner
Acknowledgments by Althea Nagai
Part I: The Unraveling of Liberal Capitalism
1 Post-Industrial America
2 A Changing America
3 Post-Calvinist Society and the Rise of the Modern Intellectual
4 The Communications Revolution and American Society
Part II: New Strategic Elites
5 Elites in Conflict: The Theory (with Althea Nagai)
6 Elites in Conflict: The Findings (with Althea Nagai)
7 Personality, Occupation, and Social Change
(with Althea Nagai)
8 Afterword by Althea Nagai
Part III: Rothman's Impact
9 Stanley Rothman: Scholar and Academic Citizen
by Stephen H. Balch
10 The New Left and Political Intolerance
by April Kelly-Woessner
11 "People Are More Important Than Ideas": The Achievement of Stanley Rothman
by David J. Rothman
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
Preface by Matthew Woessner
Acknowledgments by Althea Nagai
Part I: The Unraveling of Liberal Capitalism
1 Post-Industrial America
2 A Changing America
3 Post-Calvinist Society and the Rise of the Modern Intellectual
4 The Communications Revolution and American Society
Part II: New Strategic Elites
5 Elites in Conflict: The Theory (with Althea Nagai)
6 Elites in Conflict: The Findings (with Althea Nagai)
7 Personality, Occupation, and Social Change
(with Althea Nagai)
8 Afterword by Althea Nagai
Part III: Rothman's Impact
9 Stanley Rothman: Scholar and Academic Citizen
by Stephen H. Balch
10 The New Left and Political Intolerance
by April Kelly-Woessner
11 "People Are More Important Than Ideas": The Achievement of Stanley Rothman
by David J. Rothman
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index