Contesting Democracy - Political Ideas in Twentieth-Century Europe

Skilfully blending intellectual, political, and cultural history, the author elucidates the ideas that shaped the period of ideological extremes before 1945 and the liberalization of Western European politics after the Second World War. He offers portrait

About the author

Jan-Werner Muller teaches politics at Princeton University. His previous books include "A Dangerous Mind: Carl Schmitt in Post-War European Thought" and "Another Country: German Intellectuals, Unification, and National Identity," both published by Yale University Press.

Summary

In this brilliant guide to modern European political ideas and thinkers spans the twentieth century, the author illuminates both the twentieth-century's ideological extremes and how Europeans built lasting liberal democracies in the second half of the century.

Product details

• Authors: Jan-Werner Muller, Jan-Werner Müller, MULLER JAN WERNER
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2013
• EAN: 9780300194128
• ISBN: 978-0-300-19412-8
• No. of pages: 305
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Europe, European History, Political Ideologies, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political ideologies and movements