John Christman

Book ReviewsRichard Flathman, .Pluralism and Liberal Democracy.Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. Pp. xii+218.

doubter? Or did the dogmatic philosopher endanger the democracy and reap the consequences? Does democracy displace religious faith and introduce a new dogmatism? Or does it allow us to accept a world of many faiths or no faith at all? Deneen’s book forces us to confront these questions anew. Some will assent to his conclusions; others, like me, will retain their doubts. But all will benefit by reading this wise book that is in the most compelling tradition of subversive political philosophy.