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Title: In Defence of Politics by Bernard Crick ISBN: 0-226-12067-8 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: October, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
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Summary: This is one of the greatest books in the 20th century!
Comment: I cannot believe that I am the first one to do a review ofBernard Crick's great masterpiece, "In Defense of Politics."This is a honor that forces me to question my worthiness. Crick so aptly understood that the aiming for a kind of absolutist perfection in any human relationship is dooming oneself to inevitable bitter disillusionment. This may especially be true within the political sphere. Those who indulge in a virtual cult of adoring specific "great men" totally misunderstand the goal of politics. Democracy can never be more than an attempt to search out a workable compromise between disagreeing citizens. A certain agnosticism concerning one's position is often required; a dogmatic true believer mentality may indeed become dangerous and threaten the very tenuous underpinnings of our governmental institutions. We must indeed strive to improve our political process. It is even a moral obligation to do so. Nonetheless, The search for the perfect and virtuous leader to give one's unhesitating allegiance and adoration has always resulted in a hell on earth.
The political process is often yucky, disappointing, and after much effort may leave one at best with a half a loaf result. It has been said that there are two things someone with a weak disposition may wish to avoid---viewing the processing of sausage and the making of human law. Am I a cynic and possessing a defeatist attitude? The answer is an adamant no! On the contrary, Crick and I recognize the glorious possibilities of an evolving civilization premised upon frail and imperfect human beings. It takes incredible physical, intellectual and moral diligence to bring about viable human relationships of any sort. What we have so far accomplished in Great Britain and the United States is of mind boggling beauty and structural effectiveness. Bernard Crick understands the limits of politics and that a democratic society deserves two cheers, not three. Winston Churchill paradoxically said it best--democracy is usually disappointingly awful--it's simply better than all the other political systems devised and implemented throughout human history.
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Title: Going Public : An Inside Story of Disrupting Politics as Usual by Michael Gecan ISBN: 0807043370 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 14 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Democracy : An American Novel by Jr. Arthur Schlesinger, Henry Adams ISBN: 037576058X Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Roots for Radicals: Organizing for Power, Action, and Justice by Edward T. Chambers, Michael A. Cowan, Studs Terkel ISBN: 0826414990 Publisher: Continuum Pub Group Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: A Disquisition on Government: And Selections from the Discourse by John C. Calhoun, C. Gordon Post ISBN: 0872202933 Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Pub. Date: January, 1995 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: From Irenaeus to Grotius: A Sourcebook in Christian Political Thought 100-1625 by Oliver O'Donovan, Joan Lockwood O'Donovan ISBN: 0802842097 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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