Selfhood and U.S. Democracy
Muesing-Ellwood, Edith E.
Democracy depends on an informed and mature population and will not survive in a society that doesn't understand itself in the context of the modern world. It is precisely this lack of self knowing that creates a culture easily manipulated by fear, lies and mass marketing. Muesing-Ellwood suggests we grow up, shift our life focus from "having" to "being, " heal ourselves and in so doing nurture the democratic essence of the body politic.
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