{"product_id":"summer-of-our-discontent-the-age-of-certainty-and-the-demise-of-discourse-hardcover","title":"Summer of Our Discontent: The Age of Certainty and the Demise of Discourse - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Chatterton Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn incisive, culturally observant analysis of the evolving mores, manners and taboos of social justice (\"anti-racist\") orthodoxy, which has profoundly influenced how we think about diversity and freedom of expression, often with complex or paradoxical consequences.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this provocative book, Thomas Chatterton Williams, one of the most revered and reviled social commentators of our time, paints a clear and detailed picture of the ideas and events that have paved the way for the dramatic paradigm shift in social justice that has taken place over the past few years. Taking aim at the ideology of critical race theory, the rise of an oppressive social media, the fall from Obama to Trump, and the twinned crises of COVID-19 and the murder of George Floyd, Williams documents the extent to which this transition has altered media, artistic creativity, education, employment, policing, and, most profoundly, the ambient language and culture we use to make sense of our lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliams also decries how liberalism--the very foundation of an open and vibrant society--is in existential crisis, under assault from both the right and the left, especially in our predominantly networked, Internet-driven monoculture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSure to be highly controversial, \u003ci\u003eSummer of Our Discontent\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling look at our place in a radically changing world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHOMAS CHATTERTON WILLIAMS is a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic \u003c\/i\u003eand the author of \u003ci\u003eLosing My Cool\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait in Black and White. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is a visiting professor of humanities and senior fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College, a 2022 Guggenheim fellow, and a non-resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Previously a contributing writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and a columnist at \u003ci\u003eHarper's, \u003c\/i\u003e he has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLe Monde, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other publications. He lives in Paris and New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53336964628845,"sku":"9780593534403","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/emhPMbNNPw9780593534403.webp?v=1778922785","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/summer-of-our-discontent-the-age-of-certainty-and-the-demise-of-discourse-hardcover","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}