Bonnet, Alma-Pierre and Kilty, Raphaële (eds), Towards a very British version of the “culture wars”: Populism, social fractures and political communication
This is a very interesting book and covers a range of issues relating to culture wars. The work of James Davidson Hunter, who first coined the term in the 1990s about American politics, is central to the theoretical framing of the book. Hunter argued that the public can be divided into two opposin...
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Revue française de civilisation britannique
2026
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| Résumé: | This is a very interesting book and covers a range of issues relating to culture wars. The work of James Davidson Hunter, who first coined the term in the 1990s about American politics, is central to the theoretical framing of the book. Hunter argued that the public can be divided into two opposing camps - conservatives and progressives - and that culture wars polarise these camps so that each perceives the other as an existential threat. In applying Hunter’s thinking, the editors and autho... |
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