Democracy in Spite of the Demos - From Arendt to the Frankfurt School

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).

List of contents

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

About the author

Larry Alan Busk teaches philosophy and humanities at Florida Gulf Coast University.

Summary

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).

Product details

• Authors: Larry Alan Busk
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781538148174
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4817-4
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Reinventing Critical Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Critical Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Modern philosophy: since c 1800