Against the Masses

Name: Against the Masses
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Varieties of Anti-Democratic Thought Since the French Revolution

Autor: Joseph V. Femia

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Given the almost universal assumption that democracy is a 'good thing', the goal of mankind, it is e...

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Autor

Joseph V. Femia

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engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2001

Pagini

192

EAN

9780198280637

ISBN

0198280637

Enbook ID

04524860

Editura

Oxford University Press

Greutate

440

Dimensiuni

168 x 237 x 24

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Given the almost universal assumption that democracy is a 'good thing', the goal of mankind, it is easy to forget that 'rule by the people' has been vehemently opposed by some of the most distinguished thinkers in the Western tradition. The author attempts to combat collective amnesia by systematically exploring and evaluating anti-democratic thought since the French Revolution. Using categories first introduced by A. O. Hirschman in The Rhetoric of Reaction, Femia examines the various arguments under the headings of 'perversity', 'futility', and 'jeopardy'. This classification scheme enables him to highlight the fatalism and pessimism of anti-democratic thinkers, their conviction that democratic reform would be either pointless or destructive. Femia shows how they failed to understand the adaptability of democracy, its ability to co-exist with the traditional and elitist values. But, controversially, he also argues that some of their predictions and observations have been confirmed by history.

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