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The time has come for a reevaluation of the Puritans and their legacy for modern America. Taking the world of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” as its point of reference, American Dystopia describes how the actual Puritans bore little resemblance to their characterization in this book and contemporary popular culture. Far from representing a backwards and embarrassing historical anomaly that would be better forgotten, Puritans were ahead of their contemporaries in all of the areas referenced by Atwood, including women’s rights, racial tolerance, democratic government, and religious freedom. In laying the foundations for later American values, Puritans differentiated America from Old World societies in a positive way. By recovering the Puritans’ legacy, this book offers a defense of American origins.
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In an era when Americans tend to feel uncomfortable about certain periods of their country’s past, no historical group has suffered a greater hit to its reputation than the Puritans who founded New England. Primarily remembered for their role in the Salem Witch Trials, Puritans have become poster-children for regressive tendencies in American history and culture. This is exemplified by the renewed popularity of The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian novel by the Canadian author Margaret Atwood that depicts a potential American future based on its Puritan past. In this world, religious minorities are hunted down, races are segregated, dissident thinkers are tortured by state police, and women are enslaved as “handmaids” to bear children for the ruling class.
The time has come for a reevaluation of the Puritans and their legacy for modern America. Taking the world of The Handmaid’s Tale as its point of reference, American Dystopia describes how the actual Puritans bore little resemblance to their characterization in this book and contemporary popular culture. Far from representing a backwards and embarrassing historical anomaly that would be better forgotten, Puritans were ahead of their contemporaries in all of the areas referenced by Atwood, including women’s rights, racial tolerance, democratic government, and religious freedom. In laying the foundations for later American values, Puritans differentiated America from Old World societies in a positive way. By recovering the Puritans’ legacy, this book offers a defense of American origins.
Daniel Stein is a former student at the University of Pennsylvania and The University of Alabama. He has a background in both science and historical research. His writing describes how lessons from history, religion, and human nature can be applied to the world today. He has authored several scholarly articles in undergraduate journals, including “Heinrich Schliemann: Maker of History,” “Athens and its Allies,” and “Plague, Climate Change, and the End of Ancient Civilizations.” He also has scientific publications.
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