Crisis of the common good : the fight for meaning and connection in a broken America / Chris Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Chris (Christopher Scott), 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Social conditions.

United States.

United States--Politics and government.

Common good.

Genre:

Informational works.

Physical Description:

289 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2026

Summary:

The United States is in a crisis, and it's not just a political one: for over fifty years, the pursuit of profit has undermined virtue and character. Too many of us have become convinced that happiness results from acting as good consumers, rather than as good citizens. New technologies threaten essential human capabilities, and a winner-takes-all mentality has given the rich and well-connected nearly uncontested control and has corrupted our government. The result: Americans have lost the sense of purpose and connection that are vital to happiness. In this vacuum, Donald Trump, feeding off the emptiness and resentment, has come to power. Senator Chris Murphy has stepped forward to challenge the Trump administration's assaults on our democracy. He sees that these assaults are a symptom of a deeper crisis: the abandonment of the common good as our country's organizing principle. In this book, he draws on history and political philosophy to expose how six different cults have seized hold of American life and paved the way to our current troubles: cults of profit, globalism, technology, consumption, credentialism, and corruption. -- Adapted from publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction

The cult of profit

The cult of everywhere

The cult of technology

The cult of consumption

The cult of credentialism

The cult of corruption

Conclusion : The cult of the common good

Appendix : Toward a politics of the common good.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-286).

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780374621117

037462111X

OCLC:

1584591374