The Rhetorical Surface of Democracy - How Deliberative Ideals Undermine Democratic Politics

Informationen zum Autor By Scott Welsh Klappentext The Rhetorical Surface of Democracy: How Deliberative Ideals Undermine Democratic Politics, by Scott Welsh, disputes the idea that democracy has anything to do with public deliberation in pursuit of collective judgment. Welsh argues, rather, that the impossibility of any kind of public judgment is the fact that democracy must face. Zusammenfassung The Rhetorical Surface of Democracy: How Deliberative Ideals Undermine Democratic Politics! by Scott Welsh! disputes the idea that democracy has anything to do with public deliberation in pursuit of collective judgment. Welsh argues! rather! that the impossibility of any kind of public judgment is the fact that democracy must face. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. The Cure for What Ails YouChapter 1. Taking Politics out of Rhetoric Chapter 2. Coming to Terms with Rhetoric Chapter 3. Democratic Ends Chapter 4. Truth Against Judgment Chapter 5. Between Rhetorical Reflection and Political Agency Conclusion. Democracy at the Edge of the Abyss

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• Authors: Welsh, Scott Welsh, Welsh Scott
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2012
• EAN: 9780739150627
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-5062-7
• No. of pages: 206
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