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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... tion of interest and accretion of popular assent, at the same time can be frankly acknowledged to be, and further be embraced as, an object of faith? Is there an unperceived utopianism lining the anti-utopian mantle of democ- racy, even ...
... tion . In particular , by advancing a conception of human beings as both infi- nitely malleable and ameliorable , along with an accompanying belief in the compatibility or malleability of nature and the universe to such perfection- ist ...
... tion of religious belief that asserts the existence of certain unalterable human conditions , including those of sinfulness , pride , self - aggrandizement , a propensity to irrationality , and a fundamental condition of alienation . At ...
... tion aimed toward the realization of the " kingdom of God on earth , " such as that advanced by John Dewey ) ; and , second , the embrace of science as a form of inquiry , and as a project with a promising set of outcomes , that aim to ...
... tion of individual imperfection , fallibility , and insufficiency affords power- ful grounds for an endorsement of democracy that calls upon chastened qual- ities of " heroism ” and “ saintliness " of ordinary citizens , even an ...
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