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Atheists in American Politics
- Social Movement Organizing from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries
Engelsk Paperback
Atheists in American Politics
- Social Movement Organizing from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries
Engelsk Paperback

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Today atheists, it seems, are everywhere. Nonbelievers write best-selling books and proudly defend their views in public; they have even hired a lobbyist. But, as political scientist Richard J. Meagher shows, atheist political activism is not a new phenomenon. From the "Freethought" movement of the late 1800s, to postwar "rationalists" and "humanists," to today''s proud atheists, nonbelievers have called for change within a resistant political culture. While atheist organizing typically has been a relatively lonely and sad affair, advances in technology and new political opportunities have helped atheists to finally gain at least some measure of legitimacy in American politics. In Atheists in American Politics, one of the first works to take atheism seriously as a social movement, Meagher highlights key moments within the political history of atheism and freethought, and examines how the changing circumstances that surround the movement help explain political mobilization. In doing so, this book also highlights the ways that social movements in general gain momentum, and how a number of interlocking factors are often necessary to enable a movement to "take off" in American politics.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
168
ISBN-13:
9781498558594
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1498558593
Udg. Dato:
20 nov 2019
Længde:
13mm
Bredde:
232mm
Højde:
209mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Oplagsdato:
20 nov 2019
Forfatter(e):
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