The Democratic Soul : : Spinoza, Tocqueville, and Enlightenment Theology / / Aaron L. Herold.
In The Democratic Soul, Aaron L. Herold argues that liberal democracy's current crisis—of extreme polarization, rising populism, and disillusionment with political institutions—must be understood as the culmination of a deeper dissatisfaction with the liberal Enlightenment. Major elements of bo...
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Herold, Aaron L., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Democratic Soul : Spinoza, Tocqueville, and Enlightenment Theology / Aaron L. Herold. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021] ©2021 1 online resource (288 p.) : 0 text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Spinoza’s Liberal Theology -- Chapter 2. Spinoza’s Democratic Republicanism -- Chapter 3. Tocqueville on Religion, Democracy, and the Enlightenment Project -- Chapter 4. Tocqueville’s Political Science and the Democratic Soul -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In The Democratic Soul, Aaron L. Herold argues that liberal democracy's current crisis—of extreme polarization, rising populism, and disillusionment with political institutions—must be understood as the culmination of a deeper dissatisfaction with the liberal Enlightenment. Major elements of both the Left and the Right now reject the Enlightenment's emphasis on rights as theoretically unfounded and morally undesirable and have sought to recover a contrasting politics of obligation. But this has re-opened questions about the relationship between politics and religion long thought settled.To address our situation, Herold examines the political thought of Spinoza and Tocqueville, two authors united in support of liberal democracy but with differing assessments of the Enlightenment. Through an original reading of Spinoza's Theologico-Political Treatise, Herold uncovers the theological foundation of liberal democracy: a comprehensive moral teaching rehabilitating human self-interest, denigrating "devotion" as a relic of "superstition," and cultivating a pride in living, acting, and thinking for oneself. In his political vision, Spinoza articulates our highest hopes for liberalism, for he is confident such an outlook will produce both intellectual flourishing and a paradoxical recovery of community.But Spinoza's project contains tensions which continue to trouble democracy today. As Herold shows via a new interpretation of Tocqueville's Democracy in America, the dissatisfactions now destabilizing democracy can be traced to the Enlightenment's failure to find a place for religious longings whose existence it largely denied. In particular, Tocqueville described a natural human desire for a kind of happiness found, at least partly, in self-sacrifice. Because modernity weakens religion precisely as it makes democracy stronger than liberalism, it permits this desire to find new and dangerous outlets. Tocqueville thus sought to design a "new political science" which could rectify this problem and which therefore remains indispensable today in recovering the moderation lacking in contemporary politics. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) Democracy Moral and ethical aspects. Enlightenment. Liberalism Moral and ethical aspects. PHILOSOPHY / Political. bisacsh Philosophy. Political Science. Public Policy. Religious Studies. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English 9783110754001 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 9783110753776 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Philosophy 2021 English 9783110754155 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Philosophy 2021 9783110753929 ZDB-23-DPH Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Complete eBook-Package 2021 9783110739213 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812299892 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812299892 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780812299892/original |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Spinoza’s Liberal Theology -- Chapter 2. Spinoza’s Democratic Republicanism -- Chapter 3. Tocqueville on Religion, Democracy, and the Enlightenment Project -- Chapter 4. Tocqueville’s Political Science and the Democratic Soul -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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