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The New Puritans: How the Religion Of Social Justice Captured the Western World
[Paperback - 2022]
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Category: Sociology
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Publisher: Constable Uk | ISBN: 9780349135311 | Pages: 384
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Engaging, incisive and acute, The New Puritans is a deeply necessary exploration of our current cultural climate and an urgent appeal to return to a truly liberal society. The puritans of the seventeenth century sought to refashion society in accordance with their own beliefs, but they were deep thinkers who were aware of their own fallibility. Today, in the grasp of the new puritans, we see a very different story. Leading a cultural revolution driven by identity politics and so-called social justice , the new puritanism movement is best understood as a religion - one that makes grand claims to moral purity and tolerates no dissent. Its disciples even have their own language, rituals and a determination to root out sinners through what has become known as cancel culture . In The New Puritans, Andrew Doyle powerfully examines the underlying belief-systems of this ideology, and how it has risen so rapidly to dominate all major political, cultural and corporate institutions. He reasons that, to move forward, we need to understand where these new puritans came from and what they hope to achieve. Written in the spirit of optimism and understanding, Doyle offers an eloquent and powerful case for the reinstatement of liberal values and explains why it s important we act now.

Andrew Doyle is a writer, satirist and political commentator. He regularly appears on television to discuss current affairs, is a panellist on the BBC s Moral Maze, and was recently interviewed on The Joe Rogan Experience, the most downloaded podcast in the world. He has written for a number of publications, including the Telegraph, Sun, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Standpoint, Spectator and Sunday Times. He is the creator of satirical character Titania McGrath, under whose name he has written two books - Woke: A Guide to Social Justice and My First Little Book of Intersectional Activism, both published by Little, Brown. Titania McGrath has over half a million followers on Twitter. Andrew s plays for BBC Radio 4 include The Second Mr Bailey, Jimmy Murphy Makes Amends, Poster Girl and Reacher s Point. His credits for BBC television include Jonathan Pie: Back to the Studio (co-writer), Jonathan Pie s American Pie (co-writer) and Nazi Pug: Joke or Hate? (producer).

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