Why does democracy—as a word and as an idea—loom so large in the
political imagination, though it has so often been misused and
misunderstood? Setting the People Free starts by tracing the roots of
democracy from an improvised remedy for a local Greek difficulty 2,500
years ago, through its near extinction, to its rebirth amid the
struggles of the French Revolution. Celebrated political theorist John
Dunn then charts the slow but insistent metamorphosis of democracy
over the next 150 years and its apparently overwhelming triumph since
1945. He examines the differences and the extraordinary continuities
that modern democratic states share with their Greek antecedents and
explains why democracy evokes intellectual and moral scorn for some,
and vital allegiance from others. Now with a new preface and
conclusion that ground this landmark work firmly in the present,
Setting the People Free is a unique and brilliant account of an
extraordinary idea.
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ISBN
9780691183916
Publisert
2018
Utgave
2. utgave
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Vendor
Princeton University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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