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The End of the Experiment: The Rise of Cultural Elites and the Decline of America's Civic Culture

Stanley Rothman

The End of the Experiment ties together Stanley Rothman's theory of post-industrialism and his four decades of research on American politics and society. Rothman discusses the rise and fall of the New Left, the sixties' impact on America's cultural elites, and the emergence of new post-industrial humanistic values.

The first part of this book explains how cultural shifts in post-industrial society increased the influence of intellectuals and redefined America's core values. The second part examines how the shift in American social and cultural values led to a crisis of confidence in the American experiment. And in a final section, Rothman's contemporaries provide insight into his work, reflecting on his continued influence and his devotion to traditional liberalism.

Rothman presents a quantitative study of personality differences between traditional American elites and new cultural elites. Rothman argues that the experiment of America--as a new nation rooted in democracy, morality, and civic virtue--is being destroyed by a disaffected intellectual class opposed to traditional values.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: Dec 30th, 2015
  • Pages: 258
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.10in - 6.10in - 0.80in - 1.10lb
  • EAN: 9781412862486
  • Categories: Sociology - GeneralSocial Classes & Economic DisparityUnited States - General

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About the Author

Rothman, Stanley: -

Stanley Rothman (1927-2011) was director of the Center for the Study of Social and Political Change and was Mary Huggins Gamble Professor Emeritus of Government at Smith College.

Maranto, Robert: -

Robert Maranto is the 21st Century Chair in Leadership at the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas.

Woessner, Matthew: -

Matthew C. Woessner is associate professor of political science and public policy at Penn State Harrisburg

Rothman, David J.: -

David J. Rothman serves as director of the graduate program in creative writing at Western State Colorado University.

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Praise for this book

"Stanley Rothman's work is distinguished by his breadth of vision, his intellectual courage, and the rigorous and innovative methods by which he put his ideas to the test. These qualities shine through The End of the Experiment, which...raises questions about America's future that remain as relevant today than they were when Rothman addressed them in his remarkable series of studies spanning the past half-century."

--Bob Lichter, George Mason University

"Spanning history, psychology, sociology, and political science, this volume reflects a half century of thinking and writing by a master social scientist. The End of the Experiment should be read by those in and outside the academy, and by all who care about our nation's great past, and highly uncertain future."

--Richard E. Redding, Chapman University

"Rothman's book, written over two decades and left unfinished at the time of his death, has had the good fortune to be rescued and brought to completion. What we have here are final considerations of one of the great social scientists of the last half-century. It is somber vision expressed in a sadly resigned voice, but it is also a testament to the power of the social sciences at their best to help us see ourselves as we really are."

--Peter Wood, National Association of Scholars

"Stanley Rothman's work is distinguished by his breadth of vision, his intellectual courage, and the rigorous and innovative methods by which he put his ideas to the test. These qualities shine through The End of the Experiment, which...raises questions about America's future that remain as relevant today than they were when Rothman addressed them in his remarkable series of studies spanning the past half-century."

--Bob Lichter, George Mason University

"Spanning history, psychology, sociology, and political science, this volume reflects a half century of thinking and writing by a master social scientist. The End of the Experiment should be read by those in and outside the academy, and by all who care about our nation's great past, and highly uncertain future."

--Richard E. Redding, Chapman University

"Rothman's book, written over two decades and left unfinished at the time of his death, has had the good fortune to be rescued and brought to completion. What we have here are final considerations of one of the great social scientists of the last half-century. It is somber vision expressed in a sadly resigned voice, but it is also a testament to the power of the social sciences at their best to help us see ourselves as we really are."

--Peter Wood, National Association of Scholars

-Stanley Rothman's work is distinguished by his breadth of vision, his intellectual courage, and the rigorous and innovative methods by which he put his ideas to the test. These qualities shine through The End of the Experiment, which...raises questions about America's future that remain as relevant today than they were when Rothman addressed them in his remarkable series of studies spanning the past half-century.-

--Bob Lichter, George Mason University

-Spanning history, psychology, sociology, and political science, this volume reflects a half century of thinking and writing by a master social scientist. The End of the Experiment should be read by those in and outside the academy, and by all who care about our nation's great past, and highly uncertain future.-

--Richard E. Redding, Chapman University

-Rothman's book, written over two decades and left unfinished at the time of his death, has had the good fortune to be rescued and brought to completion. What we have here are final considerations of one of the great social scientists of the last half-century. It is somber vision expressed in a sadly resigned voice, but it is also a testament to the power of the social sciences at their best to help us see ourselves as we really are.-

--Peter Wood, National Association of Scholars