Secrets and Democracy - From Arcana Imperii to Wikileaks

Informationen zum Autor Lawrence Quill is Professor of Political Science at San José State University, San José, USA where he teaches courses in political theory. He is the author of Liberty after Liberalism (London: Palgrave, 2006) and Civil Disobedience: (Un)Common Sense in Mass Democracies (London: Palgrave, 2009). Klappentext Secrets and Democracy develops a new approach to understanding the centrality of secrecy to political life. From the ancient world to the modern, this book considers the growing importance of secrets, the dilemmas this poses to conceptions of democracy and the challenges that collecting secrets poses to publicity and privacy in the network society. Zusammenfassung Secrets and Democracy develops a new approach to understanding the centrality of secrecy to political life. From the ancient world to the modern! this book considers the growing importance of secrets! the dilemmas this poses to conceptions of democracy and the challenges that collecting secrets poses to publicity and privacy in the network society. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Visible Darkness 2. Theory's Secret History 3. Liberal Secrets 4. Secrecy and the Liberal State 5. Privacy and Secrecy 6. Life After Wikileaks 7. Conclusion: Secrecy and Silence

List of contents

1. Introduction: Visible Darkness 2. Theory's Secret History 3. Liberal Secrets 4. Secrecy and the Liberal State 5. Privacy and Secrecy 6. Life After Wikileaks 7. Conclusion: Secrecy and Silence

Product details

• Authors: L Quill, L. Quill, Lawrence Quill
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349349777
• ISBN: 978-1-349-34977-7
• No. of pages: 190
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Sociology, Democracy, Political Science, Political Philosophy, Political Sociology, International Relations, Political Theory, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Politics and government, Palgrave Political Science Collection, democracy;network;Political Life;privacy;state;Wiki