Rebuilding an Enlightened World - by Bill Ivey (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>- The book looks at how the world is being reshaped by the presence of ISIS, the Taliban, the Tea Party, and Donald Trump.</p> <p>- The author argues that through folklore, you can understand how the age of Enlightenment can help re-shape the future.</p> <p>- Very topical and accessibly written.</p> <p>- Bill Ivey is prominently recognized nationally and former head of the NEA and Team Leader in the Obama Presidential Transition</p></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Twenty-first century global disorder has been attributed to the collapse of liberalism, the abandonment of the common good, a failure of democracy, and an inexplicable derangement of society. In <em>Rebuilding an Enlightened World</em>, Bill Ivey argues that we are living through the painful and perhaps irreversible end of the Enlightenment. Today, the long-assumed belief in the permanence of an enlightened world is suddenly open to challenge. Human rights, participatory government, and social justice have lost global influence, and a thread of unreason runs from the Taliban, through the Tea Party, to Trump, threatening women's rights, social justice, and democracy. To understand and to counteract the loss of this hard-won marker of human progress, we must set aside embedded explanations and embrace a frame of observation and understanding grounded in the power of belief, legend, and traditional. Even as ordinary people around the world began to push back against the enlightenment, folklorists became more adept at recognizing the primary role of tradition and legend in the conduct of public affairs and everyday life. If we are to salvage the best of the Enlightenment dream, we must understand and ultimately accommodate the pervasive power of informal culture--the customs, norms, and traditional practices that shape all human behavior.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>An erudite, insightful, informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking contribution to our national dialogue in this current 'Age of Trump' with its resurgence of racial bigotry, anti-Semitism, misogyny, and the rise of a self-acknowledged sexual predator to the presidency of the United States, Rebuilding an Enlightened World: Folklorizing America should have as wide a readership as possible. </p></p>-- "MBR Bookwatch"<br><br><p><i>Rebuilding an Enlightened World: Folklorizing America, </i> offers hope and solutions for those worried about the future.</p></p>-- "WSMV"<br><br><p>[Ivey] has written a dense and provocative book that delves into Enlightenment principles including liberty, tolerance, fraternity, and the separation of church and state, while exploring concepts of identity, tradition, and the unwritten norms that shape human behavior.</p></p>-- "Santa Fe New Mexican Pasatiempo"<br><br><p>Ivey's book stands out as an all-too-rare connection of folkloristic perspectives to worldview, ethical philosophy, and political action.</p>-- "Journal of Folklore Research"<br><br><p>This important book explores our modern moment, skillfully examining the journey that brought us to this precipice.</p>-- "Chapter 16"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Bill Ivey is Senior Policy Fellow at Americans for the Arts and Trustee of the Center for American Progress. He was Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts in the Clinton-Gore administration, and was Team Leader in the Obama presidential transition. Ivey is Past-President of the American Folklore Society, serving that group as Senior Advisor for China. He is author of <i>Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights</i> and <i>Handmaking America: A Back-to-Basics Pathway to a Revitalized American Democracy</i>.</p>
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