James Davison Hunter

James Davison Hunter (born 1955) is an American sociologist and originator of the term "culture war" in his 1991 book Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America. Quotes I'll just call to mind an observation made over a hundred years ago by Oliver Wendell Holmes, who said, between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force...In the early 1980s, early 1990s, people were still willing to engage each other. I'm not sure that the arguments got very far, but the very process of engaging each other was important. I think we've largely given up. There's an exhaustion. And that spells some trouble. Interview on National Public Radio, "How the Culture Wars Poisoned American Politics — and How to Fix It", On Point (August 9, 2024) External links Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:Sociologists from the United States Category:University of Virginia faculty