{"product_id":"faded-mosaic-christopher-clausen-9781566634250","title":"Faded Mosaic: The Emergence of Post-Cultural America","description":"Contrary to today's widespread emphasis on \"cultural diversity,\" the United States has become not a multicultural society but the world's first post-cultural society. Cultures, Christopher Clausen argues, have lost power over both public and private behavior. This largely unrecognized transformation has enormous importance for every area of American life, from marriage to politics. One of its most prevalent social expressions is an aimless, conformist individualism-because there is no longer any source of authority or value outside the self. The multiculturalism of leftist politics and the family values of the right are both futile expressions of nostalgia for a world (differently interpreted, of course) that is gone forever. In \u003ci\u003eFaded Mosaic\u003c\/i\u003e, Mr. Clausen brings his analysis down to earth with telling illustrations from contemporary life. He demonstrates how the moral demands and collective identities of America's native and immigrant cultures have vanished. \"In striking contrast to societies of the past,\" he declares, \"the United States today has neither one big culture nor many smaller ones, only a dizzying mixture of freedom and nostalgia.\" \"Original and penetrating, a serious critique.... It is the great virtue of Faded Mosaic that Mr. Clausen describes our present condition without hysterics or posturing-but with the caution, objectivity and concern that the subject deserves.\"-Eric Cohen, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Clausen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1566634253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566634250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ivan R. Dee Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.36w x 0.65d","brand":"Christopher Clausen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44068614799615,"sku":"9781566634250","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c5c91ffc-d59f-4404-b5b8-f1aa240a8bd0.jpg?v=1685420027","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/faded-mosaic-christopher-clausen-9781566634250","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}