The revolt of the elites : and the betrayal of democracy /
by Lasch, Christopher.
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BookPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c1995Edition: 1st ed.Description: x, 276 p. : 22 cm.ISBN: 0393036995.Subject(s): 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| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Dhaka University Library American Studies Corner | Non Fiction | 306.0973 LAS (Browse shelf) | 1 | Not For Loan | 365568 |
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.
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