Democratic Piety : : Complexity, Conflict and Violence /

Democratic Piety : : Complexity, Conflict and Violence / / Adrian Little.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Little, Adrian,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2008
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Taking on the Political : TAPO
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 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
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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