Sheldon Wolin was one of the most influential and original
political thinkers of the past fifty years. Fugitive Democracy
brings together his most important writings, from classic essays
such as "Political Theory as a Vocation," written amid the Cold War
and the conflict in Vietnam, to his late radical essays on American
democracy such as "Fugitive Democracy," in which he offers a
controversial reinterpretation of democracy as an episodic
phenomenon distinct from the routinized political management that
passes for democracy today. The breathtaking range of Wolin's
scholarship, political commitment, and critical acumen are on full
display in this authoritative and accessible collection. He
critically engages a diverse range of political theorists,
including Thomas Hobbes, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Hannah Arendt, John
Rawls, Michel Foucault, and Richard Rorty. These essays grapple
with topics such as power, modernization, the sixties,
revolutionary politics, and inequality, all the while showcasing
Wolin's enduring commitment to writing civic-minded theoretical
commentary on the most pressing political issues of the day. Here,
Wolin laments the rise of conservatives who style themselves as
revolutionary, criticizes Rawlsian liberals as abstract to the
point of being apolitical, diagnoses postmodern theory as a form of
acquiescence, and much more. Fugitive Democracy offers enduring
insights into many of today's most pressing political predicaments,
and introduces a whole new generation of readers to this
provocative figure in contemporary political thought.
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