David Brooks on Charles Murray's "Coming Apart"

February 3, 2012 1:42 AM

David Brooks expounds on Charles Murray's new book - "Coming Apart" This is important work that might enrich and enlighten American's dialogue about things like fairness, equality, community, and so on. It shows us where we've been, and suggests new openings for repairing a cultural fabric that has come apart at the seams. It's an attempt to get Americans beyond the 99% vs. 1% meme. It suggests a new way to frame ourselves - beyond the crass and divisive classifications projected into our political conversation by Conservatives and Liberals.
posted by Vibrissae (5 comments total)

This is the Pot calling the Kettle cool.
posted by srboisvert at 1:59 AM on February 3, 2012

Ahh this is the article I heard about where he redefines "class" to "tribe". Because Americans find "class" a dirty word. Interesting.
posted by Jimbob at 2:05 AM on February 3, 2012

This is where Murray is at his best, and he’s mostly using data on white Americans, so the effects of race and other complicating factors don’t come into play.

Yeah.
Why is Brooks employed, again?
posted by zoinks at 2:05 AM on February 3, 2012

Pot is way cooler than David Brooks.
posted by brennen at 2:07 AM on February 3, 2012

cf. What Overton Window? You're just using the wrong frames!
cf. I don't see race OR class, only (warring) Tribes (on opposite sides of the culture war)!
cf. #thisiswhywe'relosing
cf. The 90s called, they want their hardhitting political controversies back!
cf. Last week called, it wants its double back!
posted by dustyasymptotes at 2:23 AM on February 3, 2012