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Democracy and Its Enemies : The American Struggle for the Enlightenment.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Political Theory for Today SeriesPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (133 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498581752
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Democracy and Its EnemiesDDC classification:
  • 973.2
LOC classification:
  • JK1726 .G653 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Liberal Economics as a System of Power -- Chapter Two: The Conservative Consequences of Liberal Supremacy -- Chapter Three: The Romantic Assault on the Enlightenment -- Chapter Four: Democracy and the Idea of Progress -- Chapter Five: The Material Conditions of Democracy -- Chapter Six: The Problem of Majorities -- Chapter Seven: A Liberal System Under Assault -- Chapter Eight: The American Version of Corporatism -- Chapter Nine: Pluralism, the Enlightenment, and Science -- Chapter Ten: From Liberal Man to Democratic Man -- Conclusion -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: America emerged from the Enlightenment, thus the prevailing elements of politics in the United States are echoes of struggles amongst the moderate, the conservative, and the radical Enlightenment. This books attempts to understand the changing realities of power in the United States, as well as how they become authorized by attaining consent.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Liberal Economics as a System of Power -- Chapter Two: The Conservative Consequences of Liberal Supremacy -- Chapter Three: The Romantic Assault on the Enlightenment -- Chapter Four: Democracy and the Idea of Progress -- Chapter Five: The Material Conditions of Democracy -- Chapter Six: The Problem of Majorities -- Chapter Seven: A Liberal System Under Assault -- Chapter Eight: The American Version of Corporatism -- Chapter Nine: Pluralism, the Enlightenment, and Science -- Chapter Ten: From Liberal Man to Democratic Man -- Conclusion -- Index -- About the Author.

America emerged from the Enlightenment, thus the prevailing elements of politics in the United States are echoes of struggles amongst the moderate, the conservative, and the radical Enlightenment. This books attempts to understand the changing realities of power in the United States, as well as how they become authorized by attaining consent.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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