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

By Larry Alan Busk

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