Democratic Culture and Moral Character A Study in Culture and Personality /

• Main Author: Braun, Jerome (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Sociology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Social Sciences, general.

This book returns critical theory to its roots in both psychology and the social sciences. It shows some of the relationships between equality in a political and social sense and personal identity that either relates well to such equality, or rebels against it. All this reflects processes of social...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword; Prof. C. Fred Alford
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Part I.  Democracy and Character
• Chapter 2. Understanding Democracy as a Prerequisite for Spreading Democracy
• Chapter 3. The Faking of Charisma and Decadence: Cultural Decay Through the Ages
• Chapter 4. Modernity and Intimacy
• Chapter 5. How Nationalism is Similar to Juvenile Delinquency
• Part II. Pragmatism and Character
• Chapter 6. Pragmatism as the Basis of American Culture in an Individualistic Society
• Chapter 7. Formal and Informal Uses of Law for Ensuring Personal Freedom: A Short Cross-Cultural Comparison
• Part III. The Evolution of Democratic Character and Culture
• Chapter 8. Limited Alternatives and Personal Identity:  The Relation Between Freedom and Personal Responsibility
• Chapter 9. America as a Post-Feudal Society, or How to Relate to the Islamic World
• Chapter 10. Personal Versus Impersonal Forms of Exploitation.-Part IV. Conclusion
• Chapter 11. Politics from the Bottom Up, Rather Than the Top Down
• Chapter 12. Means and Ends in Personal Relationships
• Chapter 13. The Sense of Self in Democratic Societies
• Chapter 14. A Basic Summary on Social Evolution and Character
• Bibliography.