| Collation |
303 pages ; 25 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-294) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: democracy as self-subverting -- "More than kings yet less than men": Tocqueville on the new extremes of democratic society -- Civilization without the discontents: Tocqueville on democracy as the social state of nature -- The regime of revolution: Claude Lefort on history, nature, and convention after the democratic revolution -- Political phoenix: Sheldon Wolin on the limits and limitlessness of democracy -- Conclusion: despotism and democratic silence. |
| Subject |
Democracy -- Philosophy -- History.
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Democracy -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780674058224 (alk. paper) |
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0674058224 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN/ISSN |
6948513 |
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