This American Moment

A Feminist Christian Realist Intervention

Caron E. Gentry (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2018
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
9780190901264 (ISBN)

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According to this book, the United States is currently in a moment of crisis, fomented by anxieties around race and gender politics. Unlike fear, which is usually focused on a particular object, anxiety is indeterminate and uncertain. It is also the emotion that led to the election and continued support of President Trump. But Caron Gentry says that we can deal with this anxiety in a productive way. To do so, she turns to Reinhold Niebuhr, whose philosophy of Christian realism has been an abiding influence on foreign policy since the Cold War. According to Niebuhr "Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary." Anxiety is central to Niebuhr's ideas: an emotion that is abiding because we lack control over the circumstances of our lives. In turn, anxiety prompts a desire for unity, but also an intolerance for difference. Niebuhr suggests that anxiety can be dealt with destructively or creatively, and that power must be balanced to prevent destructive action. Gentry is critical of Niebuhr, saying that he gives in to destructive tendencies in humans by elevating power above other, more creative solutions. In This American Moment, she offers feminist Christian realism as an alternate approach to anxiety in international politics. Gentry's feminist Christian realism differentiates itself from Niebuhr's Christian realism by re-engaging the importance of love and relationships over power. It suggests that we can arrive at creative solutions to anxiety through a conversation about the imago dei and the inherent commitments to community borne of one's relationship with God, including the recognition of obligation in the face of vulnerability. Throughout Gentry applies her ideas to the problems of police brutality, women's reproductive health, and the rise in fascist politics.

Caron E. Gentry is Senior Lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews. She is the co-author of Mothers, Monsters, Whores: Women's Violence in Global Politics and Beyond Mothers, Monsters, Whores: Thinking About Women's Violence in Global Politics.

Acknowledgements
Prologue: To Act with Mercy or Complicity?
Introduction: Why We Need (Feminist) Christian Realism Now More than Ever
Chapter 1: Love in Political Times
Chapter 2: Creatively Engaging the Political
Chapter 3: A House Divided Now in Flames
Chapter 4: The War on Women
Chapter 5: We Need to Talk About Fascism
Conclusion: Love Will Win
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	22.09.2018
Reihe/Serie	Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	239 x 160 mm
Gewicht	417 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-13	9780190901264 / 9780190901264
Zustand	Neuware