Description Product Details Reviews (0) Strange New World How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution From Philosophy to Technology, Tracing the Origin of Identity Politics How did the world arrive at its current, disorienting state of identity politics, and how should the church respond? Historian Carl R. Trueman shows how influences ranging from traditional institutions to technology and pornography moved modern culture toward an era of “expressive individualism.” Investigating philosophies from the Romantics, Nietzsche, Marx, Wilde, Freud, and the New Left, he outlines the history of Western thought to the distinctly sexual direction of present-day identity politics and explains the modern implications of these ideas on religion, free speech, and personal identity. Table of Contents Foreword Preface 1: Welcome to This Strange New World 2: Romantic Roots 3: Prometheus Unbound 4: Sexualizing Psychology, Politicizing Sex 5: The Revolt of the Masses 6: Plastic People, Liquid World 7: The Sexual Revolution of the LGBTQ 8: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness 9: Strangers in This Strange New World About the Author Carl R. Trueman (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College. He is a contributing editor at First Things, an esteemed church historian, and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Trueman has authored or edited more than a dozen books, including The Creedal Imperative; Luther on the Christian Life; and Histories and Fallacies. He is a member of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.
