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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... insistence that I 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 ...
... insistent that democracy is best justified by means of an embrace of a belief in human imperfection and insuffi- ciency — it is a duly modified label I am willing to accept . It places me in the very good company of G. K. Chesterton ...
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9780691118710_4CH2 | 50 |
9780691118710_5CH3 | 84 |
9780691118710_6CH4 | 117 |
9780691118710_7CH5 | 140 |
9780691118710_8CH6 | 166 |
9780691118710_9CH7 | 189 |
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9780691118710_11CH9 | 239 |
9780691118710_12CH10 | 270 |
9780691118710_13NOT | 289 |
9780691118710_14IND | 361 |
9780691118710_15AFT | 367 |