The bigot : why prejudice persists /

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Author / Creator:Bronner, Stephen Eric, 1949- author.
Imprint:New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]
Description:1 online resource (ix, 235 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11675682
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ISBN:9780300163735
0300163738
9780300162516
0300162510
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-222) and index.
Online resource; title from e-book title screen (EbscoHost platform, viewed October 5, 2015).
Summary:"Stephen Eric Bronner is a prolific author, activist, and one of America's leading political thinkers. His new book presents bigotry as a systematic, all-encompassing mindset that has a special affinity for right-wing movements. In what will surely prove a seminal study, Bronner explores its appeal, the self-image it justifies, the interests it serves, and its complex connection with modernity. He reveals how prejudice shapes the conspiratorial and paranoid worldview of the true believer, the elitist, and the chauvinist. In the process, it becomes apparent how the bigot hides behind mainstream conservative labels in order to support policies designed to disadvantage the targets of his contempt. Examining bigotry in its various dimensions-anthropological, historical, psychological, sociological, and political-Professor Bronner illustrates how the bigot's intense hatred of "the other" is a direct reaction to social progress, liberal values, secularism, and an increasingly complex and diverse world. A sobering look at the bigot in the twenty-first century, this volume is essential for making sense of the dangers facing democracy now and in the future"--
Other form:Print version: Bronner, Stephen Eric, 1949- Bigot 9780300162516