The Splintering Of The American Mind by William Egginton
Identity, Inequality, and an Age of Anxiety
The book argues that the United States is undergoing an intellectual and civic fragmentation in which shared facts, institutions, and vocabularies have eroded, producing rival epistemic communities that inhabit different moral and factual worlds. It traces how social, technological, and institutional changes — including media incentives, identity politics, and the weakening of traditional mediating institutions — have amplified polarization and distrust. The author warns this splintering threatens democratic governance and social problem‑solving, and calls for renewed commitment to pluralistic civic education and institutions that rebuild common ground.
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- 2023
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- American
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- English
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