Review:
"An extremely important book. Bronner provides us with a multi-faceted and innovative theory of prejudice. But he also offers an astute analysis of the exclusionary practices that cavort under the cover of populism in America today. His book is a clarion call for renewed commitment to the progressive and cosmopolitan values that inform a just society."--Dale Irvin, President, New York Theological Seminary--Dale Irvin
"Stephen Eric Bronner's" The Bigot" is a worldly, deeply learned, and passionately written reflection on bigotry through an analysis of the mental physiognomy of "the bigot." Its central claim is that bigotry is a product of modernity in revolt against itself, and that the only proper intellectual and political response to bigotry is a redoubled effort to realize modern Enlightenment ideals. The book is both timely and important, and I highly recommend it."--Jeffrey C. Isaac, James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, and Editor of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels's "The Communist Manifesto" (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012) for Yale University's Rethinking the Western Tradition series--Jeffrey C. Isaac
An extremely important book. Bronner provides us with a multi-faceted and innovative theory of prejudice. But he also offers an astute analysis of the exclusionary practices that cavort under the cover of populism in America today. His book is a clarion call for renewed commitment to the progressive and cosmopolitan values that inform a just society. Dale Irvin, President, New York Theological Seminary--Dale Irvin"
"Stephen Eric Bronner s" The Bigot" is a worldly, deeply learned, and passionately written reflection on bigotry through an analysis of the mental physiognomy of the bigot. Its central claim is that bigotry is a product of modernity in revolt against itself, and that the only proper intellectual and political response to bigotry is a redoubled effort to realize modern Enlightenment ideals. The book is both timely and important, and Ihighly recommend it." Jeffrey C. Isaac, James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, and Editor of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels s "The Communist Manifesto" (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012) for Yale University s Rethinking the Western Tradition series--Jeffrey C. Isaac"
An important new book that does not beat around the bush . . . . Refreshing in its brutal honesty and directness." Adam Parker, "Charleston Post and Courier"--Adam Parker "Charleston Post and Courier ""
"Stephen Eric Bronner's The Bigot is a worldly, deeply learned, and passionately written reflection on bigotry through an analysis of the mental physiognomy of "the bigot." Its central claim is that bigotry is a product of modernity in revolt against itself, and that the only proper intellectual and political response to bigotry is a redoubled effort to realize modern Enlightenment ideals. The book is both timely and important, and I highly recommend it."--Jeffrey C. Isaac, James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, and Editor of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels's The Communist Manifesto (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012) for Yale University's Rethinking the Western Tradition series--Jeffrey C. Isaac
"In the 21st century, genuflections to human rights and moral equality are so common that they obscure how strongly many deem those commitments to be threats to their most cherished privileges, practices, and beliefs. In "The Bigot," Stephen Bronner forcefully advances vital inquiries into the sources and substance of the politics of prejudice today."--Rogers M. Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania--Rogers M. Smith
Stephen Bronner has written a treatise that illuminates the episodes of mass paranoia that have marked our history. In the process, we learn not only about the fears that drove Nazi mobs or the crowds that cheered at lynchings in the American South, but also about the paranoid frenzy of the contemporary right in the United States and Europe. Read this book to understand the dark underside of our politics.- Frances Fox Piven, Distinguished Professor, Graduate Center of the City University of New York
"An important new book that does not beat around the bush . . . . Refreshing in its brutal honesty and directness."--Adam Parker, Charleston Post and Courier--Adam Parker "Charleston Post and Courier "
About the Author:
Stephen Eric Bronner is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University. He is also Director of Global Relations at its Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights and on the Executive Committee of UNESCO Chair in Genocide Prevention.
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