Apr. 16--"America" as "Liberal"? Toward the "Culture Wars"

1. A "Liberal" Vision of "American Identity"
   1. At the Center--The "Rights-Bearing" Individual--Gunnar Myrdal's "American Creed"
   2. Spreading Liberalism as the "American Mission"
      1. The World--"Winning Hearts and Minds"
      2. At Home--Bringing American Reality Into Conformity With the "American Creed"
2. Applying the Vision at Home--The Civil Rights Movement
   1. White Supremacy as "Un-American"--The (White) South as American Whipping Boy
   2. White Southern Reaction--"Outside Interference" as "Un-American"
3. Elaborating the Vision--Nationalizing the Bill of Rights
   1. "Freedom of Expression"
   2. "Separation of Church and State"
   3. The "Second Phase" of Civil Rights--Busing and Affirmative Action
   4. Abortion--Roe v. Wade
4. Backlash--An Opposing "American Vision"
   1. The Tradition of "Self-Rule"
      1. Families
      2. Communities
      3. Religious Communities
   2. Liberalism as Assault on Community
      1. Pornography as "Free Expression"
      2. Religious Neutrality or Secularism?
      3. Erosion of Community Control--The Schools
   3. Reaction
      1. Anti-Liberal "Populism"--George Wallace, etc.
      2. The Rise of the Religious Right
5. The End of Consensus--The End of "American Identity"?