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Language, Democracy, and the Paradox of Constituent Power - Declarations of Independence in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover)
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Language, Democracy, and the Paradox of Constituent Power - Declarations of Independence in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover)
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In this book, Catherine Frost uses evidence and case studies to
offer a re-examination of declarations of independence and the
language that comprises such documents. Considered as a
quintessential form of founding speech in the modern era,
declarations of independence are however poorly understood as a
form of expression, and no one can completely account for how they
work. Beginning with the founding speech in the American
Declaration, Frost uses insights drawn from unexpected or unlikely
forms of founding in cases like Ireland and Canada to reconsider
the role of time and loss in how such speech is framed. She brings
the discussion up to date by looking at recent debates in Scotland,
where an undeclared declaration of independence overshadows
contemporary politics. Drawing on the work of Hannah Arendt and
using a contextualist, comparative theory method, Frost
demonstrates that the capacity for renewal through speech arises in
aspects of language that operate beyond conventional
performativity. Language, Democracy, and the Paradox of Constituent
Power is an excellent resource for researchers and students of
political theory, democratic theory, law, constitutionalism, and
political history.
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