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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... CRITICS OF DEMOCRATIC FAITH CHAPTER 7 " A Pattern Laid Up in Heaven " : Plato's Democratic Ideal 191 CHAPTER 8 The Only Permanent State : Tocqueville on Religion and Democracy 214 CHAPTER 9 Hope in America : The Chastened Faith of ...
... critics invoke " democratic faith " as a superior form of belief . In this choice between two faiths , it is simply a matter of having the " will to believe " in democratic faith . If the distance between " men as they are " and ...
... critics of religious belief in many cases rightly perceive an absence of these democratic resources among many of the most strident , and hence most visible , of today's religious adherents . Mutual hostility between the “ faithful ...
... critics " democratic faith " is countered by “ re- ligious faith , " and suggests finally that democratic theory may be best un- derstood in light of theological assumptions rather than as a debate among wholly secular philosophers or ...
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