The
revolt of the elites
and the betrayal of democracy
Lasch, Christopher
1932-
creator
text
bibliography
nyu
New York
W.W. Norton
c1995
1995
1st ed.
monographic
eng
x, 276 p. : 22 cm.
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.
Christopher Lasch.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-260) and index.
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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
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