Why do the people of Western nations simultaneously expect greater and greater individual freedoms while finding themselves less and less powerful -- in government, at work, even in their own families? People are beginning to wonder if this thing we call "democracy" -- our last great faith and the only remaining civil religion in Europe and North America -- has let us down. Going back to the origins of our politics, The Trouble with Democracy shows that the Greeks, the Romans, and the American and Canadian founders ...
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Why do the people of Western nations simultaneously expect greater and greater individual freedoms while finding themselves less and less powerful -- in government, at work, even in their own families? People are beginning to wonder if this thing we call "democracy" -- our last great faith and the only remaining civil religion in Europe and North America -- has let us down. Going back to the origins of our politics, The Trouble with Democracy shows that the Greeks, the Romans, and the American and Canadian founders established practical democratic institutions on grounds very different from the quasi-religious dream of democracy that now pervades our government and society. Gairdner looks at how high-flying millenarian impulses have been grafted onto democracy, leading to a restless and dangerous search to overcome the human condition. This book challenges us to think more deeply about the nature, complexity, and subtlety of our situation. It offers no simplistic recipes, but gives us a refreshing understanding of the proper nature of a free and civil society.
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