Статья по английскому языку для участия в научной конференции + презентация The Overton Window

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When I tell people that I'm an atheist, I'm often asked if I think that fiery rhetoric and sharp critiques of religion, like the kind found in the writing of trailblazers like Richard Dawkins, is harming the cause by offending believers who might otherwise have been sympathetic. The implication is that, if we focus our attacks only on the worst fundamentalists, we'll gain public support and approval, but if we criticize faith in general, we'll never get anywhere.
I don't believe this is true, and to explain why, I usually invoke the concept of the Overton window. This is an idea first conceived by the political scientist Joseph Overton, which holds that, for any political issue, there's a range of socially acceptable positions that's narrower than the range of possible positions. Positions within the Overton window are seen as mainstream and uncontroversial, while those outside it are viewed as shocking, upsetting, and dangerously radical. The key point is that, with social pressure, the Overton window can shift over time, and today's radicals may be tomorrow's moderates.