Delirium: How the Sexual Counterrevolution is Polarizing America
- When
- Wed Apr 18, 2012
- Where
- Modern Times Bookstore Collective
- Time
- 7 pm
- Tags
- Literary Arts, Author Appearances, Book Stores
Description
Welcome to the sexual counterrevolution—the great untold story behind America’s plunge into political delirium.In DELIRIUM, Nancy L. Cohen tells the story of a little-known shadow movement that has shaped the American political landscape. From the Age of Nixon to the Age of Obama, she shows, one of the prime forces fueling America’s political wars has been the reaction against the sexual revolution and the progressive movements which emerged from it. DELIRIUM charts the birth and the career of the sexual counterrevolution: how conflicts about sex, women’s rights and women’s roles, gay civil rights, and family values drove Americans into irreconcilable warring camps, polarized national politics, and shattered and remade our political parties. DELIRIUM presents a riveting and original account of how America’s politics came to be the way it is today.
DELIRIUM will be essential reading during the 2012 presidential election season, and beyond, for anyone who wants to understand contemporary American politics.
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REVIEWS
“Nancy L. Cohen, a lively writer and excellent historian, puts our current situation in historical perspective, tracing how over the past forty years the sexual counterrevolution has helped shape the political landscape. A fascinating and disturbing book.”
-Eric Foner, Columbia University, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
“Delirium is an indispensable source for understanding how profoundly the politics of the body has swayed the body politic.”
-Michael Kazin, author of American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation and professor of history, Georgetown University
“Anyone who cares about civil rights and the future of the country needs to read this book.”
-Lisa Bloom, Legal Analyst and New York Times bestselling author of Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World
"An impressive contribution to the political dialogue."
- Publishers Weekly
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