Democracy's Discontent

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book non-fiction book political philosophy book

"Democracy's Discontent" is a political philosophy book by Michael Sandel that critiques the moral emptiness of contemporary liberalism and argues for a renewed civic republican tradition in American democracy.

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instanceOf	book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ political philosophy book ⓘ
arguesFor	common good–oriented politics ⓘ renewed civic republican tradition ⓘ stronger civic engagement ⓘ
author	Michael J. Sandel NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Sandel NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
critiques	contemporary liberalism ⓘ moral neutrality in liberal theory ⓘ procedural liberalism ⓘ
focusesOn	decline of civic virtue ⓘ role of community in politics ⓘ tension between liberty and self-government ⓘ
genre	American political thought ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ
hasTheme	constitutional interpretation and civic purposes ⓘ fragmentation of public life ⓘ moral limits of markets ⓘ role of virtue in democratic life ⓘ
historicalScope	American political development from the founding to the late 20th century ⓘ
influencedBy	Aristotelian political thought ⓘ communitarian political theory ⓘ republican political theory ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	American democracy NERFINISHED ⓘ citizenship ⓘ civic republicanism ⓘ communitarianism ⓘ liberalism ⓘ public philosophy ⓘ
notableFor	critique of the moral emptiness of contemporary liberalism ⓘ revival of civic republican discourse in American political theory ⓘ
placeOfPublication	Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate	1996 ⓘ
publisher	Belknap Press NERFINISHED ⓘ Harvard University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ
subtitle	America in Search of a Public Philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudience	general readers interested in democracy ⓘ scholars of American politics ⓘ students of political theory ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed	New Deal era NERFINISHED ⓘ Progressive Era NERFINISHED ⓘ late 20th-century American politics ⓘ

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