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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... seeking more dangerous ones.3 If Rousseau's contempt for big city life underscores the irony of his even- tual apotheosis in that city, another aspect of his writing suggests a certain fittingness to his entombment in the Panthéon ...
... seek to alter human beings to " become " dem- ocratic creatures , to “ make ” men worthy of democracy . Our ambitions are altogether modest : we seek to advance democracy at home and in the world to provide all humans with the requisite ...
... seek their transformation to “ democratic men as they might be . ” 7 If " men as they are " do in fact possess the requisite features that could lead to a realization of democracy , then something external to them is preventing its ...
... seek to chasten such human vi- sions of perfectibility with warnings against hubris , invocations of human nature and human teleology , and reminders of inescapable human short- comings . “ Traditional ” teachings — especially religious ...
... seek to warn against democ- racy's most dangerous internal tendencies , especially expressions of versions of “ democratic faith ” that ironically yet ultimately threaten to imperil the prospect of democracy itself . Such voices are ...
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