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Democracy and its enemies : the American struggle for the Enlightenment / Paul N. Goldstene.

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America emerged from the Enlightenment, thus the prevailing elements of politics in the United States are echoes of struggles amongst the moderate, the conservative, and the radical Enlightenment. This books attempts to understand the changing realities of power in the United States, as well as how...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Goldstene, Paul N., 1930- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
Series:Political theory for today.
Subjects:
Democracy > United States.
Power (Social sciences) > Political aspects > United States.
Political culture > United States.
Enlightenment > United States.
Democracy.
Enlightenment.
Political culture.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Liberal economics as a system of power
  • The conservative consequences of liberal supremacy
  • The romantic assault on the Enlightenment
  • Democracy and the idea of progress
  • The material conditions of democracy
  • The problem of majorities
  • A liberal system under assault
  • The American version of corporatism
  • Pluralism, the enlightenment, and science
  • From liberal man to democratic man.

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