The myth of democracy
By: Tage Lindbom ; with an introduction by Claes G. Ryn.
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Democracy.; Socialism.; Social problems.; Church and social problems.
Description: Western intellectuals and politicians are writing and speaking about the triumphs and salvific powers of democracy. But according to Swedish historian and philosopher Tage Lindbom, there is a widening gap between democratist rhetoric and concrete reality. Democratism is surging in the midst of deepening social and political problems, including falling standards of moral conduct, declining education, political corruption, the destruction of the family, and crime.

In this provocative and highly engaging volume, Lindbom analyzes some of the most important elements of the protracted process that finally produced the modern myth of self-governing man. Turning the tables on our progressive age, Lindbom asks readers to consider the possibility that democracy is quintessentially the manifestation of spiritual debacle, the attempt to replace the true sovereignty of God with the "kingdom of man".
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The myth of democracy; title: The ideology of socialism; title: Lucifer.