Democratic Faith / / Patrick Deneen.
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...
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Deneen, Patrick, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Democratic Faith / Patrick Deneen. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2009] ©2005 1 online resource (388 p.) : 2 halftones. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda New Forum Books ; 45 Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION: Dynamics of Democratic Faith -- PART ONE. Democratic Faith and Its Discontents -- CHAPTER 1. Faith in Man -- CHAPTER 2. Democratic Transformation -- CHAPTER 3. Democracy as Trial: Toward a Critique of Democratic Faith -- PART TWO. Voices of the Democratic Faithful -- CHAPTER 4. Protagoras Unbound: The Democratic Mythology of Protagoras's "Great Speech" -- CHAPTER 5. Civil Religion and the Democratic Faith of Rousseau -- CHAPTER 6. American Faith: The Translation of Religious Faith to Democratic Faith -- PART THREE. Friendly Critics of Democratic Faith -- CHAPTER 7. "A Pattern Laid Up in Heaven": Plato's Democratic Ideal -- CHAPTER 8. The Only Permanent State: Tocqueville on Religion and Democracy -- CHAPTER 9. Hope in America: The Chastened Faith of Reinhold Niebuhr and Christopher Lasch -- CONCLUSION: A Model of Democratic Charity -- NOTES -- INDEX -- NEW FORUM BOOKS restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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.? At the same time, because so often this democratic ideal fails to materialize, democratic faith is often subject to a particularly intense form of disappointment. A mutually reinforcing cycle of faith and disillusionment is frequently exhibited by those who profess a democratic faith--in effect imperiling democratic commitments due to the cynicism of its most fervent erstwhile supporters. Deneen argues that democracy is ill-served by such faith. Instead, he proposes a form of "democratic realism" that recognizes democracy not as a regime with aspirations to perfection, but that justifies democracy as the regime most appropriate for imperfect humans. If democratic faith aspires to transformation, democratic realism insists on the central importance of humility, hope, and charity. Issued also in print. 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 30. Aug 2021) Democracy History. Democracy Moral and ethical aspects. Democracy Philosophy. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9780691118710 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400826896 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400826896 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400826896.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION: Dynamics of Democratic Faith -- PART ONE. Democratic Faith and Its Discontents -- CHAPTER 1. Faith in Man -- CHAPTER 2. Democratic Transformation -- CHAPTER 3. Democracy as Trial: Toward a Critique of Democratic Faith -- PART TWO. Voices of the Democratic Faithful -- CHAPTER 4. Protagoras Unbound: The Democratic Mythology of Protagoras's "Great Speech" -- CHAPTER 5. Civil Religion and the Democratic Faith of Rousseau -- CHAPTER 6. American Faith: The Translation of Religious Faith to Democratic Faith -- PART THREE. Friendly Critics of Democratic Faith -- CHAPTER 7. "A Pattern Laid Up in Heaven": Plato's Democratic Ideal -- CHAPTER 8. The Only Permanent State: Tocqueville on Religion and Democracy -- CHAPTER 9. Hope in America: The Chastened Faith of Reinhold Niebuhr and Christopher Lasch -- CONCLUSION: A Model of Democratic Charity -- NOTES -- INDEX -- NEW FORUM BOOKS |
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