Democracy in Spite of the Demos: From Arendt to the Frankfurt School Reinventing Critical Theory

Informationen zum Autor Larry Alan Busk teaches philosophy and humanities at Florida Gulf Coast University. Klappentext The book calls into the question the critical value of the concept of "democracy" at a time characterized by the rise of Right-wing populist movements and the persistence of pathological political beliefs (such as climate skepticism). Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter 1: The Categorical Imperative of Democracy Chapter 2: Arendt's Island of Freedom Chapter 3: Radical Democracy at its Limits: Rancière, Mouffe, and Laclau Chapter 4: From False Democracy to False Demos: Adorno, Marcuse, and Climate Skepticism Chapter 5: What is Elitism? Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Larry Alan Busk
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.05.2020
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works
• EAN: 9781786615251
• ISBN: 978-1-78661-525-1
• Series: Print on Demand; Reinventing Critical Theory
• Subjects: Sociology, History of Ideas, Political Science, Hannah Arendt, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Environmental Studies, Political Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Citizenship, Chantal Mouffe, Western philosophy from c 1800, Political science and theory, Democracy Studies, Jacques Ranciere, Theory of Government