Fugitive Democracy (eBook)

And Other Essays

Sheldon S. Wolin (Autor)

Nicholas Xenos (Herausgeber)

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2018
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-18553-8 (ISBN)

Infos

An authoritative collection of the most important writings of an influential political thinkerSheldon Wolin was one of the most influential and original political thinkers of the past fifty years. In Fugitive Democracy, the breathtaking range of Wolin's scholarship, political commitment, and critical acumen are on full display in this authoritative and accessible collection of essays. This book brings together his most important writings, from classic essays to his late radical essays on American democracy such as "e;Fugitive Democracy,"e; in which he offers a controversial reinterpretation of democracy as an episodic phenomenon distinct from the routinized political management that passes for democracy today. Wolin critically engages a diverse range of political theorists, and grapples with topics such as power, modernization, the sixties, revolutionary politics, and inequality, all the while showcasing enduring commitment to writing civic-minded theoretical commentary on the most pressing political issues of the day. 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.

Autor

Sheldon S. Wolin (1922–2015) was professor emeritus of politics at Princeton University. His books include Politics and Vision and Democracy Incorporated (both Princeton). Nicholas Xenos is professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His books include Cloaked in Virtue.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.11.2018
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: 1960s • action • against democracy • Agitation • American democracy • American Politics • americans • Anachronism • anti-democracy • aristocracy • Athenian democracy • behavioral revolution • bureaucrat • Calculation • Capitalism • centennial celebrations • Citizenship • Civil Society • communism • Conservatism • conservatives • Constitution • Constitutionalism • constitutionism • Constructivism • Corruption • Counterrevolution • Crisis • Critical theory • Criticism • critique • defense spending • Deliberation • Democracy • Democratization • Demonstrations • Demos • Despot • despotic mentality • despotism • Division of Labour • Election • electoral democracy • elitism • epic tradition • Equality • Equal Rights • Explanation • Fiction • Francis Bacon • Governance • Government • Great Power • Hannah Arendt • hegemony • Hobbes • Ideology • imperialism • Inequality • Institution • Intellectual • intentions • Invocation • Isonomia • John Rawls • Justice • Karl Marx • Legislation • Legislature • Legitimacy (political) • Legitimation • Leveling (philosophy) • liberal democracy • Liberalism • Liberals • Marxism • mass protests • Max Horkheimer • Max Weber • Methodist • Michael Foucault • Misrepresentation • Modernity • Modernization • Modern society • Monarchy • Myth • nation state • Natural science • Oligarchy • Participatory Democracy • Patriotism • phenomenon • Philosopher • Philosophy • pluralism • Political Analysis • Political commitment • political constitution • Political culture • Political Economy • Political Identity • Political Liberalism • political myths • Political Party • Political Philosophy • Political Science • Political System • political theory • political thinker • Political thought • Politician • Politicians • Politics • popular sovereignty • Populism • Positivism • Postmodernism • Postmodernity • Power • Progress • Provision (contracting) • Public discourse • Public Policy • Public sphere • Racism • radicalism • Radicalism (historical) • ratification • Reactionary • Reagan Administration • Regime • remedy • Representative Democracy • Republic (Plato) • Requirement • Responsibility • Revolution • Revolutionary Politics • rhetoric • Richard Rorty • Ronald Reagan • Ruler • Science • Scientific Method • scientific theory • Scientist • sensibility • Social Science • sovereign state • Sovereignty • soveriegnty • State of nature • State (polity) • Subjectivity • Suggestion • systematic lying • Tax • Technology • The Federalist Papers • the human condition • Theodor Adorno • theoretical activity • theoretical founding • theory • Thomas Hobbes • Thought • Thucydides • Tocqueville • Totalitarianism • unequal treatment • Vocation • Voting • Wealth • welfare • Writing
• ISBN-10: 0-691-18553-0 / 0691185530
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-18553-8 / 9780691185538