Democratic piety : complexity, conflict and violence

Democratic piety : complexity, conflict and violence /

This book presents an innovative analysis of the nature of democratic theory, focusing on the prevalence of pious discourses of democracy in contemporary politics. Democracy is now promoted in religious terms to such an extent that it has become sacrosanct in Western political theory. This book argu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Little, Adrian, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2008.
Series:Taking on the political (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Subjects:
Democracy > Philosophy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Democracy > Philosophy
Democratie.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Pious discourses of democracy
  • 1. Complexity theory and democratic politics
  • 2. Complexity, democratisation and conflict
  • 3. Democracy, consensus and dissent
  • 4. Democracy and violence
  • 5. Terrorism, violence and the ethics of democracy
  • Conclusion: The constitutive failure of democracy.

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