The Common Sense of Politics

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by Mortimer Jerome Adler,

Introduction by John Van Doren

Fordham University Press

Due/Published June 1996, 265 pages, paper

ISBN 0823216675

The first edition of The Common Sense Politics described itself as a "just in time tonic for those of us who have given up common sense as well as on politics, and can no longer see the connection between the two." One only has to peruse the pages of this 1996 edition to recognize that this book is just as appropriate and important for us now. With the development of a European Community: the upcoming American presidential election, and in light of the recent celebration of the U.N.'s anniversary, it is crucial that we, as citizens of the world, approach politics with common sense and a universal desire to improve our institutions toward managing and administering to a greater mankind. This book, built upon universal principles of a politics of common sense and for the purpose of restoring faith in the reform and improvement of our institutions, is the way towards a more perfect society.