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Title: Democracy in Spite of the Demos
Condition: New
Subtitle: From Arendt to the Frankfurt School
Author: Larry Alan Busk
Format: Hardback
ISBN-10: 1786615258
EAN: 9781786615251
ISBN: 9781786615251
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: Philosophy & Spirituality
Release Date: 02/14/2020
Description: The value of democracy is taken for granted today, even by those interested in criticizing the fundamental structures of society. Things would be better, the argument goes, if only things were more democratic. The word “democracy” means “the power of the people,” and scholars with a critical and progressive outlook often invoke this meaning as a way of justifying the honorific status accorded to the term: the power of the people to resist racism, sexism, imperialism, climate change, etc. But if the people have the power to resist these structures of domination and inequality, they also have the power to reinforce them. By treating democracy as an end in itself, political theorists of a critical bent overwhelmingly assume that the demos, if given the opportunity, will advance progressive or even radical politics. But given the recent successes of right-wing populism, and the persistence of pathological views such as climate skepticism, is this assumption still warranted? If not, then can democracy really save us?
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 232mm
Item Length: 162mm
Item Width: 21mm
Item Weight: 463g
Book Series: Reinventing Critical Theory
Release Year: 2020

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