
Democratic Soul
In The Democratic Soul, Aaron L. Herold argues that liberal democracy''s current crisis—of extreme polarization, rising populism, and disillusionment with political institutions—must be understood as the culmination of a deeper dissatisfaction with the liberal Enlightenment. Major elements of both the Left and the Right now reject the Enlightenment''s emphasis on rights as theoretically unfounded ...
In The Democratic Soul, Aaron L. Herold argues that liberal democracy''s current crisis—of extreme polarization, rising populism, and disillusionment with political institutions—must be understood as the culmination of a deeper dissatisfaction with the liberal Enlightenment. Major elements of both the Left and the Right now reject the Enlightenment''s emphasis on rights as theoretically unfounded ...