Mill on Democracy - From the Athenian Polis to representative Govenment

Klappentext AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Modernity of AthensThe Ancients of the ModernsBeyond the French LiberalsAgainst the British "Reactionaries"2. The Polis of the Moderns Are Mill's Politics Platonist?Bureaucratic Despotism and the Displacement of Politics"Talking" and "Doing"Silence and SpeechThe Politics of Indirectness3. The Agora ModelVoice as Presence and Proportional RepresentationAdvocacy and DeliberationThe Two Faces of RepresentationProcedural Equality and an Unequal Political InfluencePublicity, Sincerity, and Responsible Participation4. The Socratic EthosThe Sovereignty of the IndividualFrom Sophism to SocratismThe Public CriticA Political Virtue of the Moderns5. Democratic Liberty and Society Beyond the Theory of the Two LibertiesLiberty as Freedom from SubjectionSubjection as InfantilizationMarital Despotism Cooperation and the Democratic ProjectNotesBibliographyIndex Zusammenfassung Despite John Stuart Mill's widely respected contributions to philosophy and political economy, his work on political philosophy has received a much more mixed response. Urbinati's approach clarifies Mill's political ideas and illustrates how they can enrich our understanding of democracy.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Nadia Urbinati
• Collaboration: University Of Chicago Press (Editeur)
• Edition: University Of Chicago Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 09.09.2002
• EAN: 9780226842776
• ISBN: 978-0-226-84277-6
• Pages: 256
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 25 mm
• Catégorie: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Théories politiques et histoire des idées