Have you read James Davison Hunter’s Democracy and Solidarity? Among other virtues, it does a great job of explaining the need for societies to establish boundaries for who is within and outside of the limits of that culture’s circle of solidarity. Once you can see the history of that concept playing out in the US, cancel culture all of a sudden makes a lot more sense.
Glad that Thurman is making an appearance here.
It's my first read of his stuff. It's thoughtful, but I doubt I'll go farther with him.
Two books I commend in particular: Disinherited and Luninous Darkness
Have you read James Davison Hunter’s Democracy and Solidarity? Among other virtues, it does a great job of explaining the need for societies to establish boundaries for who is within and outside of the limits of that culture’s circle of solidarity. Once you can see the history of that concept playing out in the US, cancel culture all of a sudden makes a lot more sense.
Yeah, I have read it. It's a fine book, though I was left underwhelmed by it for reasons I've not (yet) been able to articulate.