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

by 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103292487X
• ISBN13: 9781032924878
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 258 Pages