Post-Intellectualism and the Decline of Democracy: The Failure of Reason and Responsibility in the Twentieth Century

by Donald N. Wood

Book Overview

Our society's institutional infrastructures--our democratic political system, economic structures, legal practices, and educational establishment--were all created as intellectual outgrowths of the Enlightenment. All our cultural institutions are based on the intellectual idea that an enlightened citizenry could govern its affairs with reason and responsibility. In the late 20th century, however, we are witnessing the disintegration of much of our...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027595661X
• ISBN13: 9780275956615
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"