The Rights Revolution : Rights and Community in Modern America.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter One: THE PROBLEM OF RIGHTS -- Justice Thomas's Indictment -- The New American Jeremiahs -- The Conservative Assault on Rights -- The Revolt of the African American Conservatives -- Disillusionment on the Left -- The Uneasy Liberals -- The Communitarian Vision -- Conclusion: The Problems with Rights -- Chapter Two: THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN LIFE -- The New Fabric of Daily Life -- Aspects of the Rights Revolution -- The Schools and the Workplace: Two Case Studies -- An Inventory of Rights -- The Irony of Anti-Rights Rights Talk -- An International Perspective -- Conclusion -- Chapter Three: BELONGING TO AMERICA: RIGHTS AND MEMBERSHIP -- No Dogs or Jews -- Rights, Membership, and Community -- Membership for the Obnoxious -- School Prayer and the Symbols of Membership -- Race Discrimination and Membership -- The Tragedy of the Japanese Americans -- Conclusion: Rights and Membership -- Chapter Four: SPEAKING AND BELONGING: FREE SPEECH AND COMMUNITY -- Banned in Boston -- Sanger, Censorship, and Sex -- The First Amendment and the Civil Rights Movement -- Coming Out and Coming In: Lesbians, Gay Men, Free Speech, and Membership -- Is the Fetus a Member of the Community? The Social Value of Offensive Speech -- Conclusion -- Chapter Five: THE CONFINED AND THE ACCUSED -- Kenneth Donaldson: Harmless but Confined -- The "Willowbrook Wars -- The Process We Are Due: Individual Rights and Institutional Reform -- Conclusion -- Chapter Six: THE LIMITS OF COMMUNITARIANISM -- The Communitarian Alternative -- The Communitarian Network Platform -- Balancing Rights and Responsibilities: Lessons from Abroad? -- Corporate Responsibilities to Communities -- The Mantra of "Community -- Conclusion: The Communitarian Failure -- Chapter Seven: CONCLUSION: NEW RULES FOR AMERICAN SOCIETY -- How Do We Wish to Live? -- NOTES.

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