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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... Transformation 50 CHAPTER 3 Democracy as Trial : Toward a Critique of Democratic Faith 84 PART II : VOICES OF THE DEMOCRATIC FAITHFUL CHAPTER 4 Protagoras Unbound : The Democratic Mythology of Protagoras's " Great Speech " 119 CHAPTER 5 ...
... transformation of the Cathedral of Saint Geneviève represents the movement of desacralization and the rise of eighteenth - century forms of civil religion , the sacralization of a papier - mâché statue into a deified image of democracy ...
... 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 were it ...
... 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 manifestation ...
... transforming individuals into citizens fitting for democracy - then " tra- ditional " views of ineradicable human imperfection are , on their face , anti- democratic . Ironically such opposing positions are rejected as being moti- vated ...
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