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| Author |
 Lasch, Christopher.
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| Title | The revolt of the elites : and the betrayal of democracy / Christopher Lasch. | |
| Edition | 1st ed. | |
| Published | New York : W.W. Norton, c1995. | |
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| Descr. | x, 276 p. ; 22 cm. | |
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| Call Number | HN90.P57 L37 1995 General Collection | |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-260) and index. | |
| 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 assualt 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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Polarization (Social sciences)
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Democracy -- United States.
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Elite (Social sciences) -- United States.
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Populism -- United States.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
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United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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| ISBN | 0393036995 | |
| Glocat Number | 000304305 |