Citizenship and Democratic Doubt
Subtitle: The Legacy of Progressive Thought (American Political Thought)
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: October 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780700613489
Subjects: Political science & theory; Political structures: democracy; United States; Political Science; History & Theory - General; Politics / Current Events; Progressivism (United States politics); Politics/International Relations; Progressivism (United States p; Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism; History; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Democracy; Historiography
First sentence: Two pernicious ideas haunt the democratic imagination in America.
Description: "Taylor looks closely at six key thinkers in the Progressive tradition whose work helps illuminate the essential flaws in our current thinking about democracy. Their writings, he contends, offer insights that can reinforce and strengthen a vigorous democratic faith, warn us of the dangers inherent in various forms of democratic arrogance, and counsel a kind of doubt or humility that would make us much better democratic citizens."--BOOK JACKET.