Culture Wars
Culture Wars | Popular Culture Is Contributing to America’s Decline
In the following viewpoint, Jennifer A. Gritt contends that the mainstream media and entertainment industry are undermining America’s founding principles of individualism and religious faith. Hollywood producers and directors are consciously working to subvert the nation’s traditional values by making movies containing profanity, violence, drug use, explicit sex, and anti-Christian messages, Gritt maintains. By producing such mindless and crude entertainment, Hollywood and other promoters of popular culture hope to manipulate the population—especially youth—into accepting amoral...
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1: What Is the State of America’s Culture Wars?
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Chapter 2: Is American Culture in Decline?
- Chapter 2 Preface
- America Shows Signs of Moral Decline
- America Is Not in Moral Decline
- Popular Culture Is Contributing to America’s Decline
- Popular Culture Reveals America’s Strengths
- Political Correctness Threatens American Liberty
- The Issue of Political Correctness Deserves Open Discussion
- Chapter 2 Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 3: What Political and Cultural Influences Benefit Society?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Political Progressivism Should Be Promoted
- Political Conservatism Should Be Promoted
- Religious Progressivism Benefits Society
- Religious Conservatism Benefits Society
- Secular Humanism Should Be Promoted
- Secular Humanism Is Harmful
- Multiculturalism Should Be Promoted
- Multiculturalism Is Harmful
- Chapter 3 Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 4: Should Government Regulate Cultural Values?
- The Right Is Intensifying the Culture Wars
- Chapter 4 Preface
- The Government Should Legislate Morality
- The Government Cannot Legislate Morality
- The Government Must Maintain the Separation of Church and State
- The Separation of Church and State Harms American Culture
- The Government Should Fund Art That May Be Offensive
- The Government Should Not Fund Offensive Art
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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