The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism

Key Insight 1: Modern Society's Disjunction: Three Realms with Conflicting Principles

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Key Insight 2: Culture's Ascendancy: The Institutionalization of the Avant-Garde

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Key Insight 3: Modernism's Essence: The Eclipse of Distance and the Imperious Self

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Key Insight 4: Capitalism's Self-Undermining: The Erosion of the Protestant Ethic

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Key Insight 5: The Rise of the Public Household: State as Central Economic Actor

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Key Insight 6: The Revolution of Rising Entitlements: Overloading the Polity

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Key Insight 7: Liberty vs. Equality: The Dilemma of Conflicting Values

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Key Insight 8: The Crisis of Belief: Loss of Civitas and Moral Cohesion

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Key Insight 9: Toward a New Public Philosophy: Reconciling Private Wants and Public Needs

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