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Grass-roots populist efforts to destroy the ruling class altogether are naive; what's needed is the strategic formation of a new elite devoted to a \"pre-postmodern conservatism\" and aligned with the interest of the \"many.\" Their top-down efforts to form a new governing philosophy, ethos, and class could transform our broken regime from one that serves only the so-called meritocrats.   Drawing on the oldest lessons of the western tradition but recognizing the changed conditions that arise in liberal modernity, Deneen offers a roadmap for these changes, offering hope for progress after \"progress\" and liberty after liberalism.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49750355673361,"sku":"NGR9781800753297","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50705939890449,"sku":"GOR013291275","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53104731881745,"sku":"GOR013137582","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53385274818833,"sku":"GOR014892380","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53698608398609,"sku":"NLS9781800753297","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1800753292.jpg?v=1759228813"},{"product_id":"democratic-faith-book-patrick-deneen-9780691118710","title":"Democratic Faith","description":"The American political reformer Herbert Croly wrote, \"For better or worse, democracy cannot be disentangled from an aspiration toward human perfectibility.\" Democratic Faith is at once a trenchant analysis and a powerful critique of this underlying assumption that informs democratic theory. Patrick Deneen argues that among democracy's most ardent supporters there is an oft-expressed belief in the need to \"transform\" human beings in order to reconcile the sometimes disappointing reality of human self-interest with the democratic ideal of selfless commitment. This \"transformative impulse\" is frequently couched in religious language, such as the need for political \"redemption.\" This is all the more striking given the frequent accompanying condemnation of traditional religious belief that informs the \"democratic faith.\" At the same time, because so often this democratic ideal fails to materialize, democratic faith is often subject to a particularly intense form of disappointment. A mutually reinforcing cycle of faith and disillusionment is frequently exhibited by those who profess a democratic faith--in effect imperiling democratic commitments due to the cynicism of its most fervent erstwhile supporters. Deneen argues that democracy is ill-served by such faith. 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