Democracy Denied, 1905-1915 - Intellectuals and the Fate of Democracy

Informationen zum Autor Charles Kurzman is Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Klappentext Mining newspaper accounts, memoirs, and government reports, Kurzman proposes that the collective agent most directly responsible for democratization was the emerging class of modern intellectuals, a group that had gained a global identity and a near-messianic sense of mission following the Dreyfus Affair of 1898. Zusammenfassung Mining newspaper accounts! memoirs! and government reports! Kurzman proposes that the collective agent most directly responsible for democratization was the emerging class of modern intellectuals! a group that had gained a global identity and a near-messianic sense of mission following the Dreyfus Affair of 1898.

List of contents

Contents Part I: Intellectuals and Democratization 1. Introduction 2. Intellectuals and the Discourse of Democracy 3. Intellectuals and Democratization 4. The New Democracy: Intellectuals in Power Part II: Erstwhile Allies 5. Democracy and the Bourgeoisie 6. Democracy and the Working Class 7. Democracy and the Landowners 8. Democracy and the Military 9. Democracy and the Great Powers 10. Aftermath and Implications Notes Acknowledgments Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Charles Kurzman, Kurzman Charles
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.2008
• EAN: 9780674030923
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03092-3
• No. of pages: 404
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, History of Ideas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Politics & government, Political structures: democracy, c 1900 to c 1909, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General