Tradition, Transformation, and Democratic Education.

As Tocqueville saw almost 200 years ago, rituals sit uncomfortably with democratic people, who tend to see them as inegalitarian or unjust impositions of authority. Molly Farneth's new book, The Politics of Ritual , encourages American progressives to see ritual differently. Rituals, she says, can b...

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Published in:	Political Science Quarterly (Oxford University Press / USA) Vol. 140; no. 2; pp. 357 - 368
Main Author:	Barndt, Susan McWilliams
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Summer2025
Subjects:	United States Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 Democracy Rites & ceremonies Progressivism Higher education & politics
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost