Fred Dallmayr is professor emeritus of University of Notre Dame and is member of the board of the Dialogue of Civilizations-Research Institute in Berlin.

• Preface1.Introduction:Political Education in Dark Times2.Loyalties in Tension:A New Socratic Apology?3.Nation-State and Ethical Community: Divorcing Statecraft and Soulcraft?4.Liberating Remembrance:Politics and Recollection5.Ethics and Modern Politics:Humanism and Orthopraxis6.Twilight of Modern Idols:Lessons of the Global Pandemic7.Some Conclusions: Renewal of VirtueBibliography………………………………………………………………………………………..About the Author…………………………………………………………………………………

Fred Dallmayr has experienced both dark and light times in the course of his long and fruitful career, and I am very happy that he has brought his insights, as one of the world’s leading political theorists, to an exploration of the current political climate, which is indeed dire. But he also, as is characteristic of him, brings hope for the future. leaving us, at the end of our reading, refreshed and invigorated for the struggles that lie ahead.

Fred Dallmayr is professor emeritus of University of Notre Dame and is member of the board of the Dialogue of Civilizations-Research Institute in Berlin.

• Preface1.Introduction:Political Education in Dark Times2.Loyalties in Tension:A New Socratic Apology?3.Nation-State and Ethical Community: Divorcing Statecraft and Soulcraft?4.Liberating Remembrance:Politics and Recollection5.Ethics and Modern Politics:Humanism and Orthopraxis6.Twilight of Modern Idols:Lessons of the Global Pandemic7.Some Conclusions: Renewal of VirtueBibliography………………………………………………………………………………………..About the Author…………………………………………………………………………………

Fred Dallmayr has experienced both dark and light times in the course of his long and fruitful career, and I am very happy that he has brought his insights, as one of the world’s leading political theorists, to an exploration of the current political climate, which is indeed dire. But he also, as is characteristic of him, brings hope for the future. leaving us, at the end of our reading, refreshed and invigorated for the struggles that lie ahead.

Fred Dallmayr is professor emeritus of University of Notre Dame and is member of the board of the Dialogue of Civilizations-Research Institute in Berlin.

• Preface1.Introduction:Political Education in Dark Times2.Loyalties in Tension:A New Socratic Apology?3.Nation-State and Ethical Community: Divorcing Statecraft and Soulcraft?4.Liberating Remembrance:Politics and Recollection5.Ethics and Modern Politics:Humanism and Orthopraxis6.Twilight of Modern Idols:Lessons of the Global Pandemic7.Some Conclusions: Renewal of VirtueBibliography………………………………………………………………………………………..About the Author…………………………………………………………………………………

Fred Dallmayr has experienced both dark and light times in the course of his long and fruitful career, and I am very happy that he has brought his insights, as one of the world’s leading political theorists, to an exploration of the current political climate, which is indeed dire. But he also, as is characteristic of him, brings hope for the future. leaving us, at the end of our reading, refreshed and invigorated for the struggles that lie ahead.