Max's review
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America
by Chris Hedges
Along with this book I read John Dean's Conservatives Without Conscience. The two together paint an apt view of where America is today politically and where it is heading if Americans "stay the course."
Max's review
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America by Chris Hedges
Max's review
rating:
American Fascists is a good (if not great) book about the totalitarian underpinnings of one of the America's strongest cultural movements. Hedges, a Christian who attended Harvard Divinity School, explores the component parts of evangelical "dominionism," his name for the right-wing religious movement that seeks to dismantle the open society and create a Utopian Christian state.
The great irony is that, as dominionists like Pat Robertson and James Dobson rail against our society's growing appetite for tolerance and cultural relativism, they are, in the end, its chief beneficiaries. We have become so committed to the values of pluralism, diversity, and respect for divergent beliefs, we have allowed a burgeoning fascist movement to grow in our midst.
The great irony is that, as dominionists like Pat Robertson and James Dobson rail against our society's growing appetite for tolerance and cultural relativism, they are, in the end, its chief beneficiaries. We have become so committed to the values of pluralism, diversity, and respect for divergent beliefs, we have allowed a burgeoning fascist movement to grow in our midst.
Along with this book I read John Dean's Conservatives Without Conscience. The two together paint an apt view of where America is today politically and where it is heading if Americans "stay the course."