Going Low: How Profane Politics Challenges American Democracy Curtis Finbarr
Going Low: How Profane Politics Challenges American Democracy Curtis Finbarr Liberalism puts its trust in civil discourse and rational argument. In the Trump era and beyond, right-wing figures…
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Going Low: How Profane Politics Challenges American Democracy Curtis Finbarr
Liberalism puts its trust in civil discourse and rational argument. In the Trump era and beyond, right-wing figures delight in sheer offensiveness. Today, its opponents enthusiastically flout these norms, making a show of defying so-called political correctness.
Considering the rise of illiberal politics and debates about the limits of free speech, Finbarr Curtis draws on the insights of religious studies to rethink provocation and transgression. What is at stake in breaking the rules of civility to "own the libs"?Going Low examines how the offensive style of contemporary politics challenges liberal democratic institutions. He argues that the spectacle of brazenly violating taboos is a show of dominance over a supposedly censorious liberalism.
Profaning liberal pieties is the ultimate form of "winning." Curtis contends that deliberate offensiveness dovetails with the