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Renewing America’s Civic Compact
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Renewing America’s Civic Compact addresses the chief challenges and principal tensions in the operation of our civil society in order to consider possible paths forward. The meritocracy, multiculturalism, issues of race, technology, and populist nationalism in American democracy today are some of the issues that have created more tensions to American public life. Chapters address the condition of civil conversation within the university and across American society. This collection then engages debates over the continued relevance and durability of liberal ideas and institutions; whether we have accessible means and resources to channel digital technology more fruitfully for the sake of human achievement and well-being; and how some have endeavored to revitalize the American civic vocation through both scholarly and practical education. Finally, the volume closes with a call to restore civic friendship, properly understood, as the foundation for renewing America’s civic compact.
Table of Contents
Part I: Diagnosis of the American Malady
Chapter 1: We All Live on Campus Now: Andrew Sullivan
Chapter 2: The Constitution of Knowledge: Jonathan Rauch
Chapter 3: Renewing Civic Education: How to Restore Strategic Competence and Confidence: H.R. McMaster
Part II: Meritocracy, Racial Challenges, and the Populist Response
Chapter 4: Meritocracy, Populism and Worker Power: Michael Lind
Chapter 5: The Inescapable Meritocracy: Rita Koganzon
Chapter 6 Systemic Racism: Defining Terms and Evaluating Evidence: Lara Bazelon
Chapter 7: On the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America: Glenn Loury
Part III: The Case for Liberal Ideas and Institutions
Chapter 8: The Three Pillars of Liberalism: Michael Zuckert
Chapter 9: Truth and Virtue in the Founders' Liberalism: C. Bradley Thompson
Chapter 10: Conservative Democracy Rightly and Wrongly Understood: Daniel Mahoney
Part IV: A Civic Compact for Our Digital Age
Chapter 11: Beyond Information Idolatry
Product details
| Published | Sep 30 2023 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 258 |
| ISBN | 9781666923452 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Illustrations | 4 b/w illustrations; |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Series | Political Theory for Today |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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