Providential Democracy - An Essay on Contemporary Equality

Informationen zum Autor Dominique Schnapper Klappentext Democracy posits the universality of the equality principle: a community of citizens is governed by the principle of the formal equality of all individuals! whatever their real social! cultural! or other inequalities. Focusing on France! this book examines the dilemmas of the search for equality in society and politics. Zusammenfassung Democracy posits the universality of the equality principle: a community of citizens is governed by the principle of the formal equality of all individuals, whatever their real social, cultural, or other inequalities Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, 1. The Dynamics of Democracy, 2. An Impatience with Respect to Limits, 3. The Aspiration to Autonomy, 4. The Dialectics of Equality and Authenticity, 5. The End of the “Republic by Divine Right”?, Conclusion: The Erosion of Collective Transcendence, Bibliography, Name Index, Subject Index

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• Authors: Dominique Schnapper, Dominique/ Taylor Schnapper, Schnapper Dominique
• Assisted by: John Taylor (Translation)
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2008
• EAN: 9781412808699
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-0869-9
• No. of pages: 235
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political structures: democracy