Democracy Reconsidered |
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Editor:
| Busch, Elizabeth Kaufer |
Contribution by:
| Alvis, David Bayles, Martha Ceaser, James W. Cohen, Eric Evans, Jocelyn Jones Hartle, Ann Knippenberg, Joseph M. Lawler, Peter Augustine McKeen, Gayle Papazian, Michael Ramsey, David Scott, Carl Eric Seaton, Paul Seery, John Sitman, Matthew Smith, Brian G. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7391-2480-2 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2009 |
Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $154.95 |
Book Description:
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Democracy Reconsidered provides an enlightening study of democracy in America's post-modern context. Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and Peter Augustine Lawler explore some of the foundational principles of democracy as they have been borne out in American society. The essays included in this volume examine the lessons that novelists, philosophers, and political theorists have for democratic societies as they progress towards postmodern skepticism or even disbelief in the absolute...
More Description Democracy Reconsidered provides an enlightening study of democracy in America's post-modern context. Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and Peter Augustine Lawler explore some of the foundational principles of democracy as they have been borne out in American society. The essays included in this volume examine the lessons that novelists, philosophers, and political theorists have for democratic societies as they progress towards postmodern skepticism or even disbelief in the absolute principles that form the foundation of democracies.