Making Patriots
- List Price: $22.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
- Publish date: 04/01/2001
Walter Berns's Making Patriots is a pithy and provocative essay on precisely this paradox. How is patriotism inculcated in a system that, some argue, is founded on self-interest? Expertly and intelligibly guiding the reader through the history and philosophy of patriotism in a republic, from the ancient Greeks through contemporary life, Berns considers the unique nature of patriotism in the United States and its precarious state as we enter the twenty-first century. And he argues that while both public education and the influence of religion once helped to foster a public-minded citizenry, the very idea of patriotism is currently under attack.
Berns finds the best answers to his questions in the thought and words of Abraham Lincoln, who understood perhaps better than anyone what the principles of democracy meant and what price adhering to them might exact. The graves at Arlington and Gettysburg -- and Omaha Beach in Normandy -- bear witness to the fact that self-interested individuals can become patriots,and Making Patriots is a compelling exploration of how this was done and how it might be again.
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