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100 1 $aDeneen, Patrick J.,$d1964-
245 10 $aDemocratic faith /$cPatrick J. Deneen.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$cc2005.
300 $axvii, 365 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
440 0 $aNew forum books
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [289]-360) and index.
505 00 $tPreface : worshiping democracy : the pantheon and the goddess of democracy -- $tIntroduction : dynamics of democratic faith -- $gCh. 1.$tFaith in man -- $gCh. 2.$tDemocratic transformation -- $gCh. 3.$tDemocracy as trial : toward a critique of democratic faith -- $gCh. 4.$tProtagoras unbound : the democratic mythology of Protagoras's "great speech" -- $gCh. 5.$tCivil religion and the democratic faith of Rousseau -- $gCh. 6.$tAmerican faith : the translation of religious faith to democratic faith -- $gCh. 7.$t"A pattern laid up in heaven" : Plato's democratic ideal -- $gCh. 8.$tThe only permanent state : Tocqueville on religion and democracy -- $gCh. 9.$tHope in America : the chastened faith of Reinhold Niebuhr and Christopher Lasch -- $tConclusion : a model of democratic charity.
520 1 $a"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.""--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aDemocracy$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aDemocracy$xHistory.
650 0 $aDemocracy$xMoral and ethical aspects.
852 00 $bleh$hJC423$i.D382 2005