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Democracy in Spite of the Demos - From Arendt to the Frankfurt School (Paperback)
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Democracy in Spite of the Demos - From Arendt to the Frankfurt School (Paperback)
Series: Reinventing Critical Theory
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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?
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