Democracy – The Power of Illusion
Democracy – hope or illusion? Blooming, failing or declining? Our doubts and hesitation make part of unbending efforts to endorse and explain democracy. Who is right – the custodians of promise or the prophets of decline? The author tries to explore «the other side of the moon», emphasizing the role of critical thinking, opposing a main-current optimism.
Democracy – hope or illusion? Blooming, failing or declining? Our doubts and hesitation make part of unbending efforts to endorse and explain democracy. Who is right – the custodians of promise or the prophets of decline? The author tries to explore «the other side of the moon», emphasizing the role of critical thinking, opposing a main-current optimism.
| Autor: | Filipowicz, Stanislaw |
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| ISBN: | 9783631628942 |
| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 235 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften |
| Veröffentlicht: | 05.06.2013 |
| Schlagworte: | Anna Democracy Filipowicz Illusion Jaron Late modernity Power logic of the Enlightenment new mythology public discourse |
Stanislaw Filipowicz is professor of Warsaw University and corresponding member of Polish Academy of Sciences. His research work concentrates on history of political ideas and political philosophy. Author of many books and publications addressing the main currents of liberal thinking, exploring the patterns of rationality originating in the tradition of the Enlightenment and investigating their decay. Recently, his focus is shifting towards the field of study embracing challenges posed by the erosion of classical (modern) patterns of democracy.