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Strong Democracy in Crisis - Promise or Peril? (Hardcover)
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Strong Democracy in Crisis - Promise or Peril? (Hardcover)
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This is a robust and relevant collection from a truly distinguished
group of political theorists actively rethinking the promise and
perils of democracy. The book is coherent in its focus on a common
theme and aim: to advance and refine the political project of
promoting democratic theory and practice. While the contributors
are admirers of the promotion of various models of democracy they
also express distinct approaches and concerns. Each builds on and
expands the central theme of democracy and ultimately contends with
potential limits of current configurations of democratic life.
While to some extent they share common concerns they express
considerable dissent and fruitful opposition that deepens and
advances the debate. Contributors explore democracy from different
perspectives: law and constitutionalism, globalization and
development, public life and the arts, pluralism, democracy and
education, and democratic listening and democratic participation.
The contributions point towards new ways of living and thinking
politically, new directions for contending with some of the more
significant and seemingly intractable political problems,
challenging conventional presuppositions about democracy by
expanding the boundaries of what kinds of democracy may be
possible. The book critiques liberal notions of democracy that
forefront rational autonomy and a citizenship characterized by
narrow self-interest, and critique naive claims that any
infringement on the rights of the autonomous individual must
invariably lead to authoritarianism and totalitarianism. Instead
contributors suggest that the abandonment of the res publica in
pursuit of private interests may well lead to arid politics or
authoritarianism. Citizens are called upon to be more than just
voters but rather define themselves by participation in a community
beyond their self-interest-in fact arguing, like Aristotle,
Rousseau, Jefferson and Arendt, that we are only human when we
participate in something beyond ourselves, that we forge and
preserve our political community by our commitment to and
participation in robust debate and meaningful political action.
Contributors are not only revolutionary scholars that challenge
problematic streams of democratic theory and traditions, but are
deeply involved in shaping the character and constitution of the
American body politic and promoting debates about community and
citizenship and justice around the world.
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