Conservatism in a Divided America : The Right and Identity Politics / George Hawley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawley, George, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservatism--United States.

Conservatism.

Identity politics--United States.

Identity politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2022]

Summary:

Although conservatives have for years complained of identity politics on the left, recent years have seen an increase in right-wing identity politics. This has been most pronounced in the rise of the so-called Alt-Right, a recent iteration of the American white nationalist movement. What accounts for this movement's rapid rise and fall? If identity politics really are inevitable, why did this effort to bring explicit white racial identity politics out in the.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

ONE Conservatism and Other Concepts

TWO Conservative Arguments againstIdentity Politics

THREE Conservative Explanations for the Rise of Identity Politics

FOUR Conservatism and the Civil Rights Movement

FIVE Conservatism and Feminism

SIX Conservatism, Immigration, and National Identity

SEVEN Partisan Politics as Identity Politics by Another Name

EIGHT Lessons from the Alt-Right'sRise and Fall

NINE Conclusion: Conservatism in the 2020s

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-268-20373-3

0-268-20376-8

OCLC:

1337071482