{"product_id":"the-crisis-of-culture-identity-politics-and-the-empire-of-norms-paperback","title":"The Crisis of Culture: Identity Politics and the Empire of Norms - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOlivier Roy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCynthia Schoch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTrista Selous\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre we confronting a new culture--global, online, individualistic? Or is our existing concept of culture in crisis, as explicit, normative systems replace implicit, social values? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOlivier Roy's new book explains today's fractures via the extension of individual political and sexual freedoms from the 1960s. For Roy, twentieth-century youth culture disconnected traditional political protest from class, region or ethnicity, fashioning an identity premised on repudiation rather than inheritance of shared history or values. Having spread across generations under neoliberalism and the internet, youth culture is now individualized, ersatz.\u003cbr\u003eWithout a shared culture, everything becomes an explicit code of how to speak and act, often online. Identities are now defined by socially fragmenting personal traits, creating affinity-based sub-cultures seeking safe spaces: universities for the left, gated communities and hard borders for the right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncreased left- and right-wing references to \"identity\" fail to confront this deeper crisis of culture and community. Our only option, Roy argues, is to restore social bonds at the grassroots or citizenship level.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlivier Roy, Professor, The European University Institute in Florence \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOlivier Roy is Professor at the European University Institute in Florence. He is the author of several books, including lobalized Islam; Jihad and Death; Holy Ignorance; and \u003cem\u003eIs Europe Christian?\u003c\/em\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 7.82 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45863035764933,"sku":"9780197838013","price":29.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/sZBu3l90B9780197838013.webp?v=1771576203","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-crisis-of-culture-identity-politics-and-the-empire-of-norms-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}