The revolt of the elites : and the betrayal of democracy / Christopher Lasch.
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- ISBN: 0393036995
- Physical Description: x, 276 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, [1995]
- Copyright: ©1995
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-260) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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 assault 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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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Indiana State Library - Indianapolis | ISLM HN90.P57 L37 1995 (Text) | 00000105461495 | General book | Available | - |
West Lafayette PL - West Lafayette | 306.0973 Las (Text) | 31951001540670 | 2nd Floor - Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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