Democracy is future-oriented and self-correcting: today's problems
can be solved, we are told, in tomorrow's elections. But the
biggest issues facing the modern world - from climate collapse and
pandemics to recession and world war - each apparently bring us to
the edge of the irreversible. What happens to democracy when the
future seems no longer open? In this eye-opening history of ideas,
Jonathan White investigates how politics has long been directed by
shifting visions of the future, from the birth of ideologies in the
nineteenth century to Cold War secrecy and the excesses of the
neoliberal age. As an inescapable sense of disaster defines our
politics, White argues that a political commitment to the long-term
may be the best way to safeguard democracy. Wide in scope and
sharply observed, In the Long Run is a history of the future that
urges us to make tomorrow new again.
General
Imprint: |
Profile Books Ltd
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2024 |
Authors: |
Jonathan White
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Dimensions: |
240 x 160 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
224 |
Edition: |
Main |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-80081-230-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-80081-230-2 |
Barcode: |
9781800812307 |
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