Democratic FaithPrinceton University Press, 10.01.2009 - 388 Seiten The American political reformer Herbert Croly wrote, "For better or worse, democracy cannot be disentangled from an aspiration toward human perfectibility." Democratic Faith is at once a trenchant analysis and a powerful critique of this underlying assumption that informs democratic theory. Patrick Deneen argues that among democracy's most ardent supporters there is an oft-expressed belief in the need to "transform" human beings in order to reconcile the sometimes disappointing reality of human self-interest with the democratic ideal of selfless commitment. This "transformative impulse" is frequently couched in religious language, such as the need for political "redemption." This is all the more striking given the frequent accompanying condemnation of traditional religious belief that informs the "democratic faith.? |
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... John Seery read much or all of the manuscript , and I am grateful for their numerous helpful comments . For extraordinary help in preparation of the manuscript I am grateful to Ethan Schoolman and John Lombardini . My thanks also to ...
... John Dewey ) ; and , second , the embrace of science as a form of inquiry , and as a project with a promising set of outcomes , that aim to overcome limiting features of humankind that have thus far thwarted the realization of an ...
... that strong initial recognition of human imperfection : rather than recommending resignation to complacent or cynical versions of what John Rawls called " modus vivendi " democratic politics DYNAMICS OF DEMOCRATIC 9 FAITH.
Patrick Deneen. what John Rawls called " modus vivendi " democratic politics , the recogni- tion of individual imperfection , fallibility , and insufficiency affords power- ful grounds for an endorsement of democracy that calls upon ...
... John Gray has termed the " Two Faces of Liberalism . " 10 The former , a liberalism based upon “ universal principles , " seeks to construct institutions that maximize the possibility of reasoned analysis and deliberation with an aim ...
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