Virtue and Irony in American Democracy
Revisiting Dewey and Niebuhr
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 pol…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4985-0074-6
- EAN: 9781498500746
- Produktnummer: 18105658
- Verlag: Lexington Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 268 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.0 cm 569 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 569
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