Political Life in Dark Times - A Call for Renewal

This book discusses how the traditional democratic institutions seem to be falling apart or operate in mutual contradiction in the U.S. Guiding "values" no longer serve the common good but give rise to sharp hostility and violence. The same disarray prevails in international politics. A remedy is desperately needed.

List of contents

Preface

Introduction:

Political Education in Dark Times

Loyalties in Tension:

A New Socratic Apology?

Nation-State and Ethical Community:

Divorcing Statecraft and Soulcraft?

Liberating Remembrance:

Politics and Recollection

Ethics and Modern Politics:

Humanism and Orthopraxis

Twilight of Modern Idols:

Lessons of the Global Pandemic

Some Conclusions:

Renewal of Virtue
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About the Author.............................................................................................

About the author

By Fred Dallmayr

Summary

This book discusses how the traditional democratic institutions seem to be falling apart or operate in mutual contradiction in the U.S. Guiding "values" no longer serve the common good but give rise to sharp hostility and violence. The same disarray prevails in international politics. A remedy is desperately needed.

Product details

• Authors: Fred Dallmayr, Dallmayr Fred
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781793634535
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-453-5
• No. of pages: 106
• Series: Faith and Politics: Political Theology in a New Key
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics, Christianity, Religion & politics, Political structures: democracy, Religious ethics