02073cam a2200313 i 4500 602624469 TxAuBib 20220926120000.0 211207s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021054813 9781541673021 HRD 30.00 1541673026 HRD 30.00 TxAuBib rda Purdy, Jedediah, 1974-, author. Two cheers for politics [BOOK] : why democracy is flawed, frightening--and our best hope / Jedediah Purdy. First edition. New York : Basic Books, 2022. 293 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Americans across the political spectrum agree that our democracy is in crisis. We view our political opponents with disdain, if not terror, and an increasing number of us are willing to consider authoritarian alternatives. In Two Cheers for Politics, Jedediah Purdy argues that this heated political culture is a symptom not of too much democracy but too little. Today, the decisions that most affect our lives and our communities are often made outside the political realm entirely, as market ideology, constitutional law, and cultural norms effectively remove broad swaths of collective life from the table of collective decision. The result is a weakened and ineffective political system and an increasingly unequal and polarized society. If we wish to renew that society, we’ll need to claw back the ground that we’ve ceded to anti-politics and entrust one another with the power to shape our common life. Provided by publisher. 20220926. Political culture United States. Democracy United States. United States Politics and government Public opinion. United States Politics and government 21st century.