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_bLAS
100 1 _aLasch, Christopher,
_d1932-
245 1 4 _aThe revolt of the elites :
_band the betrayal of democracy /
_cChristopher Lasch.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bW.W. Norton,
_cc1995.
300 _ax, 276 p. :
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-260) and index.
505 0 _a1. 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.
650 0 _aPolarization (Social sciences)
650 0 _aDemocracy
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aElite (Social sciences)
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aPopulism
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial conditions
_y1945-
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y20th century.
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_cYY 306.0973 L341
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