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The Garden of Democratic Delights - For a Psycho-Emotional Reading of Pluralist Systems (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,252
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The Garden of Democratic Delights - For a Psycho-Emotional Reading of Pluralist Systems (Hardcover): Philippe Braud

The Garden of Democratic Delights - For a Psycho-Emotional Reading of Pluralist Systems (Hardcover)

Philippe Braud; Edited by Jeffrey Reid

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Pluralist democratic systems, according to Philipe Braud, do not do what they claim to do, but rather, serve to channel, diffuse, or reconcile society's conflicts. As one reviewer of the original French edition notes, the book can be seen as part of a long tradition in European political thought that "sees democracy as a front for capitalism." Braud asserts that pluralist democracy is credible only because of the complete failure of communism. There is no government by the people; "the rule of law" is a tautology. What fundamental changes occur happen because of the forces of economics, culture, and labor, and in response to political direction. The efficacy of democracy comes from its ability to manage social emotions, specifically by addressing anguish with promises of security and identity: by meeting the need to be wooed and seduced by constant personalization of politics, offering the illusion of choice; by transposing the frustrations of gender, age, and class inequalities into the political domain; by providing pleasure in the game of politics; and by promising greed, power, and its prerequisites. Pluralist democracies know best how to manage these emotions, and how to use them without suffocating them. A powerful and disturbing vision of pluralist democracy that will be of great interest to students and scholars of contemporary political thought.

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Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 1998
First published: October 1998
Authors: Philippe Braud
Editors: Jeffrey Reid
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-95748-3
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
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LSN: 0-275-95748-9
Barcode: 9780275957483

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