LEADER 02980nam 2200637 450 001 9910464022603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4985-1144-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000617049 035 $a(EBL)2053778 035 $a(OCoLC)909369459 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001497500 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12638820 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001497500 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11513991 035 $a(PQKB)10354486 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2053778 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2053778 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11056857 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL785993 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000617049 100 $a20150601h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemocratic humility $eReinhold Niebuhr, neuroscience, and America's political crisis /$fChristopher Beem 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cLexington Books,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4985-1143-0 311 $a1-4985-1142-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Things Are That Bad; I: Democracy's Peril; 1 Moderating our Pretensions: Niebuhr on Being Human; 2 Between Sentimentality and Pessimism: Niebuhr on Democracy; 3 Neuroscientists for Niebuhr; 4 Rattlers and Eagles/Democrats and Republicans; 5 Partisan Infotainment: A New Business Model for the New Media; 6 Partisan Infotainment and Democracy: Not All Bad, Not Half Good; II: Democracy's Bulwarks; 7 Weapons and Instruments: Using Government to Fix Government; 8 Religion: "A Constant Fount of Humility" 327 $a9 "Guardians of Democracy": Building Humility through Civic EducationConclusion; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author 330 $aReinhold 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.

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