Democracy without politics

by Bilakovics, Steven

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Full title :Democracy without politics / Steven Bilakovics.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Harvard University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Mass
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:303 pages ; : 25 cm

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ISBN:9780674058224, 0674058224
oclc:ocn709670342
LC Classification:JC421
Dewey Decimal:321.8

Introduction: democracy as self-subverting -- "More than kings yet less than men": Tocqueville on the new extremes of democratic society -- Civilization without the discontents: Tocqueville on democracy as the social state of nature -- The regime of revolution: Claude Lefort on history, nature, and convention after the democratic revolution -- Political phoenix: Sheldon Wolin on the limits and limitlessness of democracy -- Conclusion: despotism and democratic silence.