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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... forces renowned for their merci- less butchery of civilian inhabitants, the people of Paris left their fate in the hands of God and believed their prayers answered when Atilla and his in- vading forces turned southward and instead ...
... force- fully articulated statements of democratic faith . In the absence of such wide- spread opposition in the contemporary era , such strong statements of dem- ocratic faith have become less evident within mainstream analyses of ...
... force on democratic ambi- tions . In contrast to the " democratic faithful , " whose belief in human mal- leability frequently leads them to reject traditional religious belief as undem- ocratic , “ democratic realism " finds , in the ...
... force and conviction almost equally irresistible.3 Hamilton expresses dismay at the resistance by opponents to the Constitu- tion to what he regards as “ axiomatic ” political foundations as those en- dorsed throughout the Federalist ...
... force ” but by “ reflection and choice ” was particularly attracted to the roles of courts , and especially the Supreme Court . 12 In Federalist 78 he recom- mends the lifetime appointment of judges as a means of protecting judges from ...
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