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The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness: A Vindication of Democracy and a Critique of Its Traditional Defense de Reinhold Niebuhr

The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness: A Vindication of Democracy and a Critique of Its Traditional Defense

Autor Reinhold Niebuhr Introducere de Gary Dorrien
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 aug 2011
The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness, first published in 1944, is considered one of the most profound and relevant works by the influential theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, and certainly the fullest statement of his political philosophy. Written and first read during the prolonged, tragic world war between totalitarian and democratic forces, Niebuhr’s book took up the timely question of how democracy as a political system could best be defended.

Most proponents of democracy, Niebuhr claimed, were “children of light,” who had optimistic but naïve ideas about how society could be rid of evil and governed by enlightened reason. They needed, he believed, to absorb some of the wisdom and strength of the “children of darkness,” whose ruthless cynicism and corrupt, anti-democratic politics should otherwise be repudiated. He argued for a prudent, liberal understanding of human society that took the measure of every group’s self-interest and was chastened by a realistic understanding of the limits of power. It is in the foreword to this book that he wrote, “Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.”
This edition includes a new introduction by the theologian and Niebuhr scholar Gary Dorrien in which he elucidates the work’s significance and places it firmly into the arc of Niebuhr’s career.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780226584003
ISBN-10: 0226584003
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press

Notă biografică

Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971)taught from 1928 until 1962 at Union Theological Seminary, in New York City. The recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964, he wrote many books, including Moral Man and Immoral Society, The Interpretation of Christian Ethics, The Nature and Destiny of Man, and The Irony of American History (the latter also recently republished by the University of Chicago Press).

Cuprins

Introduction by Gary Dorrien
Foreword to the 1960 Edition
Foreword to the First Edition
I.                    The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness
II.                  The Individual and the Community
III.                The Community and Property
IV.                Democratic Toleration and the Groups of the Community
V.                  The World Community

Recenzii

“Dr. Niebuhr is in our time one of the ablest spokesmen among theologians. And he brings to his chosen task rare gifts and wide-ranging interests.”

“[A] clear and impressive statement of [Niebuhr’s] views on fundamental political and social problems.”—Spectator

“He cast an intellectual spell on my generation. . . . Niebuhr made us think anew about the nature and destiny of man.”—Arthur Schlesinger Jr., New York Times

“[A] brilliant and creative vindication of democracy . . . a theology of Western culture which remains intellectually unsurpassed.”

“I love him. He’s one of my favorite philosophers.”—President Barack Obama

“His most lasting political book.”