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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... finally grew up to be an ungainly tome . During the expanding length of time that it has taken to complete , I have gained invaluably from many conversations . When my interlocutors see some of the results of our discussions , they will ...
... finally finish it . My greatest intellectual debt - one that should be evident on every page- is owed to my teacher , mentor , and friend , Wilson Carey McWilliams . I am grateful for every encounter with Carey , and simply marvel that ...
... finally, faith. In the wake of the horrific encounter with twentieth-century forms of secular utopian to- talitarianism that resulted in the murder of millions of people in the name of perfection in politics, democracy has risen supreme ...
... finally as susceptible , or possibly even more susceptible , to the very kinds of danger- ous extremes of belief that the democratic faith otherwise claims to avoid and forestall ? This is a study of paradox , an inquiry into how a ...
... finally un- workable form of utopian fantasy.4 Contemporary devotion to democratic forms reflects a worldwide embrace of the belief that ordinary humans are capable of , at the very least , minimal decencies and , at best , deep ...
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