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100 1 $aLippmann, Walter,$d1889-1974.
245 10 $aEssays in the public philosophy /$cby Walter Lippmann.
246 3 $aPublic philosophy
250 $a[1st ed.].
260 $aBoston :$bLittle, Brown and Company,$c[©1955]
300 $a189 pages ;$c22 cm
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520 $a"Analyzes the causes for the precipitate decline of liberal democracy and the alarming rise of totalitarianism that have occurred in [the 20th] century. The source of the trouble, Mr. Lippmann argues, lies first of all in the fact that mass public opinion and legislations subject to popular pressures have come to exercise a dominant and dangerous influence over the executive functions of government. The result has been that the modern democracies have grown steadily more incapable of ruling wisely in times of war and peace. The second root of the trouble, Mr. Lippmann thinks, lies in the failure of the Western democracies to defend and maintain the political faith, or 'public philosophy,' which formed the basis of the convictions of the Founding Fathers when they established the Constitution, and which, in general, underlies the liberal way of life. Without such a generally accepted public philosophy, the enjoyment of private property becomes an end in itself, land is destructively exploited and wealth ruthlessly accumulated, freedom of speech degenerates into freedom of abuse, and the whole process of democratic government is found mentally vitiated. The author believes that unless the constraints of this public philosophy are restored to their place of honor, and unless an effort is made to stem the mounting tide of agnosticism and godlessness in Western society, it will be the end of democracy as we have known it. He believes that such a disaster can be avoided, if we realize the gravity and rise to the challenge of our present situation. The publishers consider this the most urgent book that Mr. Lippmann has yet written."--Dust jacket.
505 0 $a1. The obscure revolution : My reason for writing this book ; 1917: the revolutionary year ; Internal revolution in the democracies ; The paralysis of governments -- 2. The malady of democratic states : Public opinion in war and peace ; The compulsion to make mistakes ; The pattern of the mistakes ; Democratic politicians -- 3. The derangement of powers : The governors and the governed ; The people and the voters ; The recently enfranchised voters -- 4. The public interest : What is the public interest? ; The equations of reality -- 5. The two functions : The elected executive ; The protection of the executive ; The voters and the executive ; The enfeebled executive -- 6. The totalitarian counterrevolution : Certain of its lessons ; A prognosis -- 7. The adversaries of liberal democracy : Liberalism and Jacobinism ; The paradigm of revolution ; Democratic education ; From Jacobinism to Leninism ; The overpassing of the bound -- 8. The eclipse of the public philosophy : On the efficacy of ideas ; The great vacuum ; The neglect of the public philosophy ; The universal laws of the rational order ; The rupture in modern times -- 9. The renewal of the public philosophy : The capacity to believe ; For example: the theory of property ; For example: freedom of speech ; The limits of dissent ; The mirror of history ; Man's second nature -- 10. The two realms : The confusion of the realms ; The good in this world ; The law and the prophets ; The realm of the spirit ; The balance of powers ; The mechanics of the balance -- 11. The defense of civility : The thesis restated ; The communication of the public philosophy ; Constitutionalism made concrete ; The language of accommodation ; The limits of accommodation ; The death of God ; The mandate of heaven.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aDemocracy.
650 0 $aPolitical science.
650 6 $aDémocratie.
650 6 $aScience politique.
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655 4 $aAufsatzsammlung.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aLippmann, Walter, 1889-1974.$tEssays in the public philosophy.$b[1st ed.].$dBoston, Little, Brown [©1955]$w(OCoLC)589399754
776 08 $iOnline version:$aLippmann, Walter, 1889-1974.$tEssays in the public philosophy.$b[1st ed.].$dBoston, Little, Brown [©1955]$w(OCoLC)607735348
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