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Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes
- Author
- Steven B. Smith
- Narrator
- Mack Sanderson
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 25 May 2021
- Run Time
- 6 hours 53 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A rediscovery of patriotism as a virtue in line with the core values of democracy in an extremist age
The concept of patriotism has fallen on hard times. What was once a value that united Americans has become so politicized by both the left and the right that it threatens to rip apart the social fabric. On the right, patriotism has become synonymous with nationalism and an “us versus them” worldview, while on the left it is seen as an impediment to acknowledging important ethnic, religious, or racial identities and a threat to cosmopolitan globalism.
Steven B. Smith reclaims patriotism from these extremist positions and advocates for a patriotism that is broad enough to balance loyalty to country against other loyalties. Describing how it is a matter of both the head and the heart, Smith shows how patriotism can bring the country together around the highest ideals of equality and is a central and ennobling disposition that democratic societies cannot afford to do without.
Critics Review
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“A penetrating examination of the meaning of patriotism…A well-argued call for civic renewal.”
Kirkus Reviews
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“[Smith is] superb at bringing abstract ideas to life.”
New York Times Book Review, praise for the author
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Details
- Author
- Steven B. Smith
- Narrator
- Mack Sanderson
- Duration
- 6 hours 53 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 May 2021
- ISBN
- 9781665041782
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies, Politics and government
Synopsis
A rediscovery of patriotism as a virtue in line with the core values of democracy in an extremist ageThe concept of patriotism has fallen on hard times. What was once a value that united Americans has become so politicized by both the left and the right that it threatens to rip apart the social fabric. On the right, patriotism has become synonymous with nationalism and an “us versus them” worldview, while on the left it is seen as an impediment to acknowledging important ethnic, religious, or racial identities and a threat to cosmopolitan globalism.Steven B. Smith reclaims patriotism from these extremist positions and advocates for a patriotism that is broad enough to balance loyalty to country against other loyalties. Describing how it is a matter of both the head and the heart, Smith shows how patriotism can bring the country together around the highest ideals of equality and is a central and ennobling disposition that democratic societies cannot afford to do without.
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