The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: May 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780226256627
Subjects: Economic history; History of religion; United States - General; History - U.S; Contemporary Politics; Political Science; United States; Politics/International Relations; USA; History; Social History; Religion / History; Evangelicalism; Government - National; Equality
First sentence: Americans are more deeply divided and angry with each other today than at any time since the 1850s.
Description: "Fogel contends that the ethical and political crises that currently beset the nation are the most recent manifestations of the recurring effort to bring human institutions into balance with the massive technological changes that drastically transform the economy and periodically destabilize the prevailing culture. Today, as in the past, that process of adjustment involves the rise of powerful religious/political movements which historians refer to as "Great Awakenings.""--BOOK JACKET.