01835cam a2200337 a 4500 550255 BD-DhUL 20170419190810.0 941007s1995 nyu b 00100 eng 94037270 0393036995 550255 ANL eng ANL BD-DhUL n-us--- 306.0973 20 LAS Lasch, Christopher, 1932- The revolt of the elites : and the betrayal of democracy / Christopher Lasch. 1st ed. New York : W.W. Norton, c1995. x, 276 p. : 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-260) and index. 1. Introduction: The Democratic Malaise -- I. The Intensification of Social Divisions. 2. The Revolt of the Elites. 3. Opportunity in the Promised Land: Social Mobility or the Democratization of Competence? 4. Does Democracy Deserve to Survive? 5. Communitarianism or Populism? The Ethic of Compassion and the Ethic of Respect -- II. Democratic Discourse in Decline. 6. Conversation and the Civic Arts. 7. Racial Politics in New York: The Attack on Common Standards. 8. The Common Schools: Horace Mann and the Assault on Imagination. 9. The Lost Art of Argument. 10. Academic Pseudo-radicalism: The Charade of "Subversion" -- III. The Dark Night of the Soul. 11. The Abolition of Shame. 12. Philip Rieff and the Religion of Culture. 13. The Soul of Man under Secularism. Polarization (Social sciences) Democracy United States. Elite (Social sciences) United States. Populism United States. United States Social conditions 1945- United States Politics and government 20th century. ddc BK ANL YY 306.0973 L341 188956 188956 0 0 ddc 0 306_097300000000000_LAS 1 NFIC 325320 DUL DUL ASC 2017-04-19 Gift 306.0973 LAS 365568 2017-04-19 1 2017-04-19 BK