LEADER 05082oam 22006254a 450 001 9910504305203321 005 20250905110027.0 010 $a9780700609741 010 $a0700609741 035 $a(CKB)5600000000014922 035 $a(OCoLC)1148915674 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_94110 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88498 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7295345 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7295345 035 $a(Perlego)4266102 035 $a(oapen)doab88498 035 $a(ODN)ODN0010213167 035 $a(OCoLC)1431978096 035 $a(EXLCZ)995600000000014922 100 $a19990428d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEnduring Liberalism$eAmerican Political Thought Since the 1960s /$fRobert Booth Fowler 205 $a1st ed. 210 $cUniversity Press of Kansas$d1999 210 1$cUniversity Press of Kansas,$d1999.$aLawrence, Kan. : 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 331 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican Political Thought 311 08$a9780700631506 311 08$a070063150X 311 08$a9780700630905 311 08$a0700630902 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 289-317) and index. 327 $aCover -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Kansas Open Books Foreword, Jefferson Decker -- Preface -- 1. Classic Interpretations -- 2. The Fall of Consensus -- 3. The Broader Critique and Alternative Perspectives -- 4. Liberalism in the Public Sphere -- 5. Liberalism in the Private Realm -- 6. Community as a Point of Redirection -- 7. Environmentalism as a Point of Redirection -- 8. To Revive Civil Society -- 9. To Revive Civil Society II -- 10. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover. 330 $aHas the United States become more pluribus than unum? In terms of the nation's political beliefs, Robert Booth Fowler answers both yes and no. While his study affirms significant diversity among an elite cadre of public intellectuals, it vigorously denies it in a general public that collectively adheres to the same set of liberal core values.Enduring Liberalism pursues two objectives. One, it explores the political thought of public intellectuals and the general public since the 1960s. Two, it assesses contemporary and classic interpretations of American political thought in light of the study's findings.Fowler interprets the writings of public intellectuals like Robert Bellah, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Michael Walzer, William Bennett, Seymour Martin Lipset, William Galston, and others, as well as survey data of American political attitudes, to spotlight this oftignored divide between citizens and highprofile commentators, whose contentious debates are mistakenly assumed to reflect countrywide rifts.Fowler's argument is straightforward, but the interpretation is controversial. He recounts how the consensus liberal view in postWorld War II American political thought collapsed among public intellectuals during the tumult of the 1960s and remains so to this day. His book examines the resultant diversity among contemporary public intellectuals, focusing on three predominant themes: concern for community, worry about the environment, and interest in civil society. In marked contrast to these disputatious commentators, Fowler finds the realm of popular opinion to be characterized by much greater consensus. Indeed, there seems to be a trend toward an even more general embrace of the liberal values that characterize our attitudes toward the individual, individual liberty, political equality, economic opportunity, and consent of the governed. Liberal values?above all the celebration of the individual and individual rights?have revolutionized the socalled private realms of life like family and religious communities to an extent unimagined in the 1950s.From these conclusions, Fowler demonstrates that most interpretations of American political thinking have exaggerated the extent of conflict and diversity in our nation's often raucous policy disputes. But he also cautions us not to overstate the public's widely shared liberal values and, by doing so, miss opportunities to facilitate problem solving or to recognize the ways in which our reform efforts may be constrained. 410 0$aAmerican Political Thought 606 $aPolitical science$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aConsensus (Social sciences)$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aLiberalism$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical science$xHistory 615 0$aConsensus (Social sciences)$xHistory 615 0$aLiberalism$xHistory 676 $a320.51/3/097309045 700 $aFowler$b Robert Booth$f1940-$01073011 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910504305203321 996 $aEnduring Liberalism$92569195 997 $aUNINA