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1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 32 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by David De Vries. |
| Summary |
In this challenging work, Christopher Lasch makes an accessible critique of what is wrong with the values and beliefs of America's professional and managerial elites. The distinguished historian argues that democracy today is threatened not by the masses, as Jose Ortega y Gasset (The Revolt of the Masses) had said, but by the elites. These elites-mobile and increasingly global in outlook-refuse to accept limits or ties to nation and place. As they isolate themselves in their networks and enclaves, they abandon the middle class, divide the nation, and betray the idea of a democracy for all America's citizens. This is Lasch's clarion call for a return to the virtues of community, responsibility, and religion. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Democracy -- United States.
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Elite (Social sciences) -- United States.
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Polarization (Social sciences)
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Polarization (Social sciences) -- United States.
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Populism -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
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De Vries, David.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781541425538 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1541425537 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11927410 |
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