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More copies of this ISBNDemocracy's Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophyby Michael J. Sandel
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The defect, Sandel maintains, lies in the impoverished vision of citizenship and community shared by Democrats and Republicans alike. American politics has lost its civic voice, leaving both liberals and conservatives unable to inspire the sense of community and civic engagement that self-government requires. In search of a public philosophy adequate to our time, Sandel ranges across the American political experience, recalling the arguments of Jefferson and Hamilton, Lincoln and Douglas, Holmes and Brandeis, FDR and Reagan. He relates epic debates over slavery and industrial capitalism to contemporary controversies over the welfare state, religion, abortion, gay rights, and hate speech. Democracy's Discontent provides a new interpretation of the American political and constitutional tradition that offers hope of rejuvenating our civic life. Review:"A provocative new book Democracy's Discontent argues that modern democracies will not be able to sustain themselves unless they can find ways of contending with the global economy, while also giving expression to their people's distinctive identities." Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times Review:"American political discourse has become thin gruel because of a deliberate deflation of American ideals. So says Michael Sandel in [this] wonderful new book....Sandel's book will help produce what he desires — a quickened sense of the moral consequences of political practices and economic arrangements." George F. Will, Newsweek Review:"Recounting the debates over ratifying the Constitution, chartering a national bank, abolishing slavery, the spread of wage labor, Progressive Era reforms and the New Deal, Sandel skillfully highlights the presence...of republican ideology, the shift from a 'political economy of citizenship' to a political economy of growth." George Scialabba, Boston Globe About the AuthorMichael J. Sandel is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, Harvard University,and the author of Liberalism and the Limits of Justice. Table of Contents Preface PART I: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PROCEDURAL REPUBLIC Conclusion: In Search of a Public Philosophy Notes What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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