Democratic humility : Reinhold Niebuhr, neuroscience, and America's political crisis / Christopher Beem.
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TextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - 9781498511438
- 1498511430
- Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971
- 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
- 306.20973 23
- JK1726 .B44 2015eb
- online - EBSCO
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 20, 2015).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 humility such knowledge should engender.
English.