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Virtue and Irony in American Democracy
- Revisiting Dewey and Niebuhr
Engelsk Paperback
Virtue and Irony in American Democracy
- Revisiting Dewey and Niebuhr
Engelsk Paperback

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What virtues are necessary for democracy to succeed? This book turns to John Dewey and Reinhold Niebuhr, two of America’s most influential theorists of democracy, to answer this question. Dewey and Niebuhr both implied—although for very different reasons—that humility and mutuality are important virtues for the success of people rule. Not only do these virtues allow people to participate well in their own governance, they also equip us to meet challenges to democracy generated by free-market economic policy and practices. Ironically, though, Dewey and Niebuhr quarreled with each other for twenty years and missed the opportunity to achieve political consensus. In their discourse with each other they failed to become “one out of many,” a task that is distilled in the democratic rallying cry “e pluribus unum.” This failure itself reflects a deficiency in democratic virtue. Thus, exploring the Dewey/Niebuhr debate with attention to their discursive failures reveals the importance of a third virtue: democratic tolerance. If democracy is to succeed, we must cultivate a deeper hospitality toward difference than Dewey and Niebuhr were able to extend to each other.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
280
ISBN-13:
9781498500760
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1498500765
Udg. Dato:
11 apr 2019
Længde:
19mm
Bredde:
150mm
Højde:
223mm
Forlag:
Lexington Books
Oplagsdato:
11 apr 2019
Forfatter(e):
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