American dionysia violence, tragedy, and democratic politics
"Violence and tragedy riddle democracy- not due to fatal shortcomings or unnecessary failures, but because of its very design and success. To articulate this troubling claim, Steven Johnston explores the cruelty of democratic founding, the brutal use democracies make of citizens and animals dur...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2015.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39813903*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: antinomies of democracy
- 1. American dionysia
- 2. Democracy at war with itself: citizens
- 3. Democracy at war with itself: animals
- 4. Forcing democracy to be free: Rousseau to Springsteen
- 5. Two cheers for democratic violence
- 6. New tragic democratic traditions
- 7. Conclusion: democracy's tragic affirmations.
