Call for Papers: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies XXXVI 2024 on: "Culture &\; Its Discontents: From Selfies to Community" Also on JIS web: https://www.jis3.org/callforpapers2024 . You&rsquo\;re welcome to contribute an essay on the following and related themes for peer-review and possible publication in JIS XXXVI 2024:
\n\; \; Suggested Themes:
\nAt the center of postmodern culture is a paradox: What Christopher Lasch analyzed as The \; Culture of Narcissism (1979) that celebrates an individual&rsquo\;s unbounded subjectivity\, found an unlikely ally in what Mark Milke calls The Victim Cult (2021) that focuses on past grievances while forsaking the future. \; Both Hitler and Stalin thought of themselves as &ldquo\;victims.&rdquo\; \; Their paranoia stoked fascist and communist totalitarian dictatorships punctuated by Nazi concentration camps and the Soviet Gulag chronicled by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn. \; In post-World War II U.S.\, racial\, ethnic and gender preferences had unintended consequences. \; Beneficiaries who succeeded due to talent and effort would have done so without preferences\, while those less-prepared often faced higher education&rsquo\;s revolving door. \; As contributors to A Dubious Expediency (2021) conclude\, such preferences damage higher education\, lowering standards\, resulting in demands for further leveling\, and silencing of independent voices via political correctness. \; But the major deleterious consequence of preferences is the retribalization of American society and resulting identity politics which now divide the Republic along ancient tribal\, non-negotiable\, lines. John McWhorter claims in Woke Racism (2021) that the &ldquo\;Elect&rdquo\;--self-styled gurus who demand uncompromising racial consciousness of victimhood from blacks and whites alike--propagate a new &ldquo\;religion&rdquo\; that has betrayed black America. \; The question arises: Can individuals and groups in 21st-century America find common ground\, renewing the culture and civil society as the precondition for community and a more perfect Union?
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\nJIS Abstract Deadline: January 15\, 2024. \; Mss. Deadline: March 15\, 2024. \; Send 1 electronic file (MS Word or RTF)\, including ca. 150-175 word Abstract\, typed\, double-spaced\, in-text citation format via e-mail attachment + 1 Both-Sided copy of: 15-25 page mss. (ca. 5\,000-7\,500 words)\, author identification on a separate sheet (with postage for mss. return/SASE) to: Dr. O. Gruenwald\, JIS Editor\, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research\, 1065 Pine Bluff Drive\, Pasadena\, CA 91107\, USA. \; Early mss. submissions recommended. \; Web site: https://www.jis3.org. \; E-mail: info@jis3.org.
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