Self-Rule: A Cultural History of American Democracy
自治：美國民主的文化史
內容概要
During those same years,
other ways of defining good government
and sound public policy shunt majoritarian practices to one side.
Late in the 20th century,
these two great themes in the history of American democracy
- individualism and majoritarianism
- turn on one another in modern democracy's war on itself.
講解
逐句對照
During those same years,
other ways of defining good government
and sound public policy shunt majoritarian practices to one side.
Late in the 20th century,
these two great themes in the history of American democracy
- individualism and majoritarianism
- turn on one another in modern democracy's war on itself.
多學一點
individualism
-ism 某種主義或學說
exclusionism 排他主義
marxism 馬克思主義
-ist
marxist 馬克思主義者
agriculturist 農學家
on itself
on oneself 獨立地，靠自己
by oneself
He finished all the work by himself.
on one's own
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Finally, Self-Rule assesses the polarized state
of contemporary American democracy.
Putting the judgments of sixty-odd commentators
from Kevin Phillips and E.J. Dionne to Robert Bellah
and Benjamin Barber to the test of history,
Wiebe offers his own suggestions on the meaning
and direction of today's democracy.
This sweeping work
explains how the history of American democracy
has brought us here and how that same history
invites us to create a different future.
講解
逐句對照
Finally, Self-Rule assesses the polarized state
of contemporary American democracy.
Putting the judgments of sixty-odd commentators
from Kevin Phillips and E.J. Dionne to Robert Bellah
and Benjamin Barber to the test of history,
Wiebe offers his own suggestions on the meaning
and direction of today's democracy.
This sweeping work
explains how the history of American democracy
has brought us here
and how that same history
invites us to create a different future.
music
精彩點評
A history of our democracy(greg taylor)
Robert Wiebe has written a brilliant history
of the American meaning of democracy.
Over the years,
Wiebe had read deeply in democratic theory
whether written by philosophers,
social scientists or what he calls publicists
(what I would call popular commentators
- people like Kevin Phillips, Robert Bellah,
William Greider, Irving Kristol).
He concluded that most of their writings
about democracy had been skewed
by a lack of any historical foundation.
講解
逐句對照
Robert Wiebe has written a brilliant history
of the American meaning of democracy.
Over the years,
Wiebe had read deeply in democratic theory
whether written by philosophers,
social scientists or what he calls publicists
- people like Kevin Phillips, Robert Bellah,
William Greider, Irving Kristol.
He concluded that most of their writings
about democracy had been skewed
by a lack of any historical foundation.
music
This book is the result. He chose about 60 core writings
(one by each author with the singular exception of Rawls
who is allowed two).
The introduction is a summing up of the some of the problems
that Wiebe has with these core writings.
It comes down to the fact that,
whether from the left, right or middle,
all of the authors feel that We the People
have failed to live up to our responsibility to see it their way.
(Please note that Wiebe is much more elegant
about how he argues for his point).
講解
逐句對照
This book is the result.
He chose about 60 core writings
(one by each author with the singular exception of Rawls
who is allowed two).
The introduction is a summing up of the some of the problems
that Wiebe has with these core writings.
It comes down to the fact that,
whether from the left, right or middle,
all of the authors feel that We the People
have failed to live up to our responsibility to see it their way.
(Please note that Wiebe is much more elegant
about how he argues for his point).
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原音重現
During those same years,
other ways of defining good government
and sound public policy shunt majoritarian practices to one side.
Late in the 20th century,
these two great themes in the history of American democracy
- individualism and majoritarianism
- turn on one another in modern democracy's war on itself.
Finally, Self-Rule assesses the polarized state
of contemporary American democracy.
Putting the judgments of sixty-odd commentators
from Kevin Phillips and E.J. Dionne to Robert Bellah
and Benjamin Barber to the test of history,
Wiebe offers his own suggestions on the meaning
and direction of today's democracy.
This sweeping work
explains how the history of American democracy
has brought us here and how that same history
invites us to create a different future.
A history of our democracy(greg taylor)
Robert Wiebe has written a brilliant history
of the American meaning of democracy.
Over the years,
Wiebe had read deeply in democratic theory
whether written by philosophers,
social scientists or what he calls publicists
(what I would call popular commentators
- people like Kevin Phillips, Robert Bellah,
William Greider, Irving Kristol).
He concluded that most of their writings
about democracy had been skewed
by a lack of any historical foundation.
This book is the result. He chose about 60 core writings
(one by each author with the singular exception of Rawls
who is allowed two).
The introduction is a summing up of the some of the problems
that Wiebe has with these core writings.
It comes down to the fact that,
whether from the left, right or middle,
all of the authors feel that We the People
have failed to live up to our responsibility to see it their way.
(Please note that Wiebe is much more elegant
about how he argues for his point).