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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... fundamental knowledge of truth in politics, that permits most widely the proliferation of distinctive lifestyles and life paths while still gov- erning in the name of the common weal. How is it, then, that this form of rule based on ...
... fundamental transformation ? Because of the limitations of human beings to see past their own interests , to take into account the good of the whole , which they can- not easily perceive much less achieve a willingness to embrace even ...
... fundamental human depravity - do not appear to accord with " democratic faith . " Indeed , according to the " democratic faith- ful " -whose faith is premised to a lesser or greater extent upon the prospects of transforming individuals ...
... fundamental transformation of political conditions , citizens , or both.14 One means of stepping outside this reinforcing vicious circle , it has been suggested , is by finding a “ mean " between these two extremes . Resorting to a ...
... fundamental justification for democracy , which is better understood not as the realization of ultimate human potential for a kind of earthly divinity but rather as that which begins from , and never has far from sight , an acknowl ...
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