doing a paper on culture war, any good ideas.?

Question

more cultural and deeply held beliefs....

This is for a soc class..

Answer 1

I think you could do something even more sinister and probably intriguing for your professor: the examination of possible artificially created culture wars where the warriors are unaware that they are waging war for cultures created by groups of people with the intention of creating the cultural war for their own benefit. Ground your theory in the book "Cultural Hegemony" by David Laitin, but you can use things like the "Death tax and the American Dream" to look at the possibility that astronomically wealthy in the US convince the population that anyone can become like the if they work hard enough, so that things like inheritance taxes are minimized. You could also look at other issues like affirmative action, flag burning, education as artificial issues of culture in the eyes of the culture makers of this society.

Or not.

Answer 2

Look at the Democratic Party since the 60's. Their platform has been to culturally divide the nation on issues of race and class in order to create a voting block. They also created the welfare system that has created a whole new culture of dependency on the government.

Answer 3

Why hair was a major symbol of the culture/generation war of the 60s

OR

How hair styles exemplify the culture war today

Answer 4

One of the biggest "clashes" of cultures can actually be seen played out here on this site hourly ...

The Christian vs. homosexuality war. It's mind-boggling how this is such a huge source of controversy these days.

Answer 5

Yes state how the first casualty of war is Love and then truth. Once they go death is sure to come. What war holds captive is happiness on both sides.

Answer 6

Read Robert Bork's great book "Slouching...".