Dysfunctional Culture The Inadequacy of

Written for both theoretical and practical purposes, Dysfunctional Culture discusses how to understand and identify political ideologies as cultural systems. Using examples related to family morality and reproduction, this book argues that belief in individual rights as the main basis for morality is not an adequate response to the moral challenges of the future.

Foreword

v

Preface

vii

From 11/9 to 9/11

1

(13)

11/9: The Notion of Western Victory

1

(3)

9/11: The Notion of Threat

4

(1)

A Cultural Challenge

5

(2)

Challenged by Foreign Terrorists or by Our Own Culture

7

(1)

A Threat to a Country or a Challenge to a Civilization

8

(2)

Approach

10

(4)

Cultural Systems and Functionality

14

(22)

Sociology and the Concept of Culture

14

(4)

Cultural Structures and Systems

18

(2)

Studies of Ideologies

20

(2)

Analytical Hallmarks of Ideologies

22

(2)

The Dependence of Ideologies on Myth

24

(3)

The Dependence of Myths on Belief

27

(3)

Functional Analysis

30

(6)

The Internal Causes of Ideological Demise

36

(21)

Untenable Explanations Ideological Demise

36

(3)

The Old Liberalism

39

(3)

Classical Conservatism

42

(4)

Marxist Socialism

46

(3)

National Socialism

49

(2)

The Relativity of Ideologies

51

(6)

New Liberalism as an Ideology Related to Myth and Belief

57

(24)

``New liberalism''---the Term and its Limitations

57

(2)

A System of Thought---The Liberal Dilemma

59

(2)

Other Hallmarks of an Ideology

61

(3)

The Cold War as Reference for a Political Dichotomy

64

(4)

Human Rights as a Belief System

68

(4)

``False, Immoral and Dangerous''

72

(9)

The Dysfunctionality of New Liberal Morality

81

(37)

Morality---a Functional--Analytical Approach

81

(2)

A Change in Morals in Norse History

83

(4)

Interpretations of Functional Moral Explanations

87

(3)

Actual Developments

90

(4)

Typical Interpretations of Development

94

(4)

Criticism of Interpretations

98

(4)

Sexuality and Marriage

102

(6)

The Concept of Human Nature in New Liberalism and in Evolutionary Psychology

108

(10)

Family Structure and Functionality

118

(29)

The Weakening of Marriage

118

(4)

The Swedish Case

122

(2)

The Family and Inevitable Functions

124

(3)

The Difference between Marriage and Cohabitation

127

(3)

Are Women Better Off Because of These Changes?

130

(4)

Market and Bureaucratic Norms

134

(4)

Functionality and Fertility

138

(9)

Migration---Research, Ideology, Myth and Belief

147

(25)

Demographic Trends and Migration

147

(4)

The Immigration Debate: Purely a Question of Morality and of Combating Racism?

151

(2)

Anti-racism Based on Research

153

(3)

Anti-racism as Science

Anti-racism as Ideology

156

(2)

Anti-racism as Myth

158

(3)

Anti-racism as Belief

161

(3)

Ideology, Myths and Beliefs as Forms of Legitimation

164

(8)

The Cultural Challenge

172

(11)

In Summary

172

(3)

Conditions for Morality

175

(1)

The Family and Reproduction

176

(7)

Can We Survive without Ideologies?

Index

183

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Dysfunctional Culture The Inadequacy of Cultural Liberalism as a Guide to Major Challenges of the 21st Century

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