Democratic humility : Reinhold Niebuhr, neuroscience, and America's political crisis /

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Reinhold Niebuhr helps us to understand why our politics is broken and research on the brain confirms his analysis: we are all vain and self-righteous, and far too quick to reject anyone who thinks otherwise. To restore a democracy that works, we need to understand ourselves better and develop the h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beem, Christopher (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2015.
Temas:
Niebuhr, Reinhold, > 1892-1971.
Political culture > United States.
Democracy > United States.
Political psychology > United States.
Mass media > Political aspects > United States.
Psychologie politique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Democracy.
Mass media > Political aspects.
Political culture.
Political psychology.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : things are that bad
  • Moderating our pretensions : Niebuhr on being human
  • Between sentimentality and pessimism : Niebuhr on democracy
  • Neuroscientists for Niebuhr
  • Rattlers and eagles/Democrats and Republicans
  • Partisan infotainment : a new business model for the new media
  • Partisan infotainment and democracy : not all bad, not half good
  • Weapons and instruments : using government to fix government
  • Religion : a constant fount of humility
  • Guardians of democracy : democratic humility through civic education
  • Conclusion : democratic humility.

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