Patriotism in Democracy: What We can Learn from Tocqueville

Atanassow, Ewa

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“…8, 502). Tocqueville's full picture thus sees Americans as blending a rational orientation of argumentative demand for results-from government, fellow citizens, and the entire political order-with love of country and commitment to civic duty (Atanassow 2014;Shelley 2022). i was happy to see a serious philosophical defense of patriotism and civic education published by Yale's Smith (2021) almost simultaneously with the release of our final report and Roadmap; a welcome independent validation that at least our eAD approach was advancing a worthy hypothesis.…”

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Civic Preparation of American Youth: Reflective Patriotism and Our Constitutional Democracy

Carrese

2023

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

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American elites’ continuing descent into polarization and the ongoing disintegration of civic culture and institutions highlight the need for educational leaders to learn from national consensus efforts in civics reform that have been forged by experts from the center left and center right. From a conservative perspective, this requires center-left colleagues to recognize the drawbacks of prioritizing civic engagement over civic education, the latter encompassing fundamental knowledge and civic virtues. The recent study Educating for American Democracy provides a balanced view of a national consensus framework for improvements that can be undertaken by states and localities, emphasizes civic knowledge and civic virtues as the foundation of informed participation, and features Tocqueville’s concept of “reflective patriotism” as indispensable to a healthy American constitutional democracy. I argue that if American elites do not invest in such preparation for informed, committed citizenship, we risk the kind of self-inflicted crisis that Lincoln addressed in 1838 when he warned of an impending national “suicide.”

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Section: Polarization Civic Decay and Education For Engagementmentioning

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Civic Preparation of American Youth: Reflective Patriotism and Our Constitutional Democracy

Carrese

2023

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Patriotism in Democracy: What We can Learn from Tocqueville

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Civic Preparation of American Youth: Reflective Patriotism and Our Constitutional Democracy

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