Politics, Religion, and Culture in an Anxious Age

American politics is increasingly driven by apocalyptic rhetoric. Highlighting possible adverse consequences of such politics for our freedom and quality of life, the book suggests alternative policy agendas, religious and philosophical discourses, cultural framing and modes of daily living Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Introduction: Listening to Talk Radio....Pages 1-10 Evil and Identity....Pages 11-24 Katrina, Rosa Parks, and the Color of Good and Evil....Pages 25-45 From the Model T to the Hummer: The Economics and Aesthetics of the American Automobile....Pages 47-75 The Immigrants Are Coming! The Immigrants Are Coming!....Pages 77-93 Us Capitalism’s Bumpy Ride: Where to From Here?....Pages 95-133 National Security and Apocalypse....Pages 135-163 Conclusion: Addressing a World of Rhizomatic Crises....Pages 165-182 Back Matter....Pages 183-201 American politics is increasingly driven by apocalyptic rhetoric. Highlighting possible adverse consequences of such politics for our freedom and quality of life, this book suggests alternative policy agendas, religious, and philosophical discourses, cultural framing and modes of daily living in an effort to defuse what it takes to be a divisive politics that paradoxically increases the very risks it highlights