Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

America was built on stories: tales of grateful immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, Horatio Alger-style transformations, self-made men, and the Protestant work ethic. In this new book, renowned sociologist Robert Wuthnow examines these most American of stories--narratives about individualism, immigration, success, religion, and ethnicity--through the eyes of recent immigrants. In doing so, he demonstrates how the "American mythos" has both legitimized American society and prevented it from fully realizing its ideals. This magisterial work is a reflection and meditation on the national consciousness. It details how Americans have traditionally relied on narratives to address what it means to be strong, morally responsible individuals and to explain why some people are more successful than others--in short, to help us make sense of our lives. But it argues that these narratives have done little to help us confront new challenges. We pass laws to end racial discrimination, yet lack the resolve to create a more equitable society. We welcome the idea of pluralism in religion and values, yet we are shaken by the difficulties immigration presents. We champion prosperity for all, but live in a country where families are still homeless. American Mythos aptly documents this disconnect between the stories we tell and the reality we face. Examining how cultural narratives may not, and often do not, reflect the reality of today's society, it challenges readers to become more reflective about what it means to live up to the American ideal.

Immigrants --- Social ethics --- Social values --- United States --- Moral conditions.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Explores the need for a new vision of postpartisan politics

Social values --- United States --- Politics and government. --- Government --- History, Political

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Concerned with contemporary notions of personhood and the relationship between persons and places, this book, presents a detailed insight into the Vanua Lavan's engagement with modernity, and examines how they relate to the past, make sense of the present and anticipate the future. Marilyn Strathern's claim that the Melanesian person is a dividual by and large holds for the Vanua Lavan person. But Vanua Lavans have also been exposed to, and creatively engaged with, what can be summarised under the term ""Western individualism."" The author draws together several themes, discourses and conversa

Melanesians --- Social values --- Mythology, Pacific Island --- Social conditions. --- Vanuatu

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The Good, the Bad, and the BeautifulDiscourse about Values in Yoruba CultureBarry HallenReveals everyday language as the key to understanding morals and ethics in Yoruba culture.""This contrasts with any suggestion that in Yoruba or, more generally, African society, moral thinking manifests nothing much more than a supine acquiescence in long established communal values.... Hallen renders a great service to African philosophy."" -- Kwasi WireduIn Yoruba culture,

Intellectual life. --- Philosophy, Yoruba. --- Social life and customs. --- Social values. --- Yoruba (African people). --- Yoruba language. --- History & Archaeology --- Regions & Countries - Africa --- Social values --- Yoruba (African people)

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

In reply to critics, this book details the history of the rise of rights in American society, from the birth of the civil rights movement to today.

Civil rights movements --- Civil rights --- Communitarianism --- Social values --- Social structure --- History --- History. --- United States --- 20th century