Beem’s The Seven Democratic Virtues is an empowering text that gives readers actionable steps to promote democracy through their individual behavior.” -Jeremy Rose, Fairvote “With our democratic future at stake, The Seven Democratic Virtues deserves a wide hearing.” -Beau Underwood, A Public Witness “Beem uses his deep understanding of Western philosophical and theological traditions, plus contemporary social and cognitive psychology, to construct a strong and distinctive argument that we must cultivate certain virtues to combat polarization and misinformation. Deserving of as wide a readership as possible, it should be noted for students, academia, political activists, governmental policy makers, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject.” - Midwest Book Review “As warning signs flare about the state of American democracy, we should consider both cultural and institutional solutions. “An essential and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university library contemporary political science collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists. This is necessary reading for our politics today-and in the future. Beem’s road map to restore our democracy draws on thinkers from Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas to James Madison, Hannah Arendt, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.Įmpathetic and eminently reasonable, The Seven Democratic Virtues presents practical advice for what each of us can do to change the political discourse and save our democracy. He spells out seven civic practices we can all follow that will help us work against our antidemocratic tendencies and reorient the nation toward the “more perfect union” of our Founders. ![]() Instead of looking to political leaders, institutions, or policy for solutions to extreme partisanship, Christopher Beem argues that concerned citizens can and must take up the cause. This book outlines specific steps that average citizens can take to back the nation away from the brink. If we don’t change course, American democracy is far from assured. The “other side” is no longer viewed as a well-intentioned opponent but as an existential threat. ![]() The insurrection of January 6, 2021, demonstrated conclusively that tribalism in the United States has become dangerous.
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