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The revolt of the elites : [electronic resource] and the betrayal of democracy / Christopher Lasch.

By: Lasch, Christopher.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c1995Edition: 1st ed.Description: x, 276 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0393036995; 9780393036992.Subject(s): United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- | Polarization (Social sciences) | Democracy -- United States | Elite (Social sciences) -- United States | Populism -- United States | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Democracy Role of Elites | United States | Democracia | Elites politicas | Elites | Sociale ongelijkheid | Democratie | Polarisation collective | Démocratie -- États-Unis | Élite (Sciences sociales) -- États-Unis | Populisme -- États-Unis | États-Unis -- Conditions sociales -- 1945- | États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 20e siècleDDC classification: 306/.0973 Other classification: 71.12 | 89.06 Online resources: Free eBook from the Internet Archive | Additional information and access via Open Library
Contents:
Introduction : The democratic malaise -- The revolt of the elites -- Opportunity in the promised land : social mobility or the democratization of competence? -- Does democracy deserve to survive? -- Communitarianism or populism? The ethic of compassion and the ethic of respect -- Conversation and the civic arts -- Racial politics in New York : the attack on common standards -- The common schools : Horace Mann and the assault on imagination -- The lost art of argument -- Academic pseudo-radicalism : the charade of "Subversion" -- The abolition of shame -- Philip Rieff and the religion of culture -- The soul of man under secularism.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-260) and index.

Introduction : The democratic malaise -- The revolt of the elites -- Opportunity in the promised land : social mobility or the democratization of competence? -- Does democracy deserve to survive? -- Communitarianism or populism? The ethic of compassion and the ethic of respect -- Conversation and the civic arts -- Racial politics in New York : the attack on common standards -- The common schools : Horace Mann and the assault on imagination -- The lost art of argument -- Academic pseudo-radicalism : the charade of "Subversion" -- The abolition of shame -- Philip Rieff and the religion of culture -- The soul of man under secularism.

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