Envisioning Democracy : : New Essays after Sheldon Wolin’s Political Thought / / ed. by John R. Wallach, Terry Maley.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• MitwirkendeR: Ball, Terence,; Biro, Andrew,; Cane, Lucy,; Coles, Romand,; Creppell, Ingrid,; Esquith, Stephen L.,; Frank, Jason,; Haro, Lia,; Lincez, Calvin Z. L.,; Maley, Terry,; Wallach, John R.,; Webb, Iain,
• HerausgeberIn: Maley, Terry,; Wallach, John R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 2 b&w figures

Few terms elicit such strong and varied feelings and yet have so little clarity as "democracy." Leaders of large states use "democracy" to designate their nations’ public character even as critics and rivals use the term to validate their own political perspectives. In Envisioning Democracy, the editors and contributors address the following questions: What does democracy mean today? What could it mean tomorrow? What is the dynamic of democracy in an increasingly interdependent world? Envisioning Democracy explores these questions amid the dynamic of democracy as a political phenomenon interacting with forms of economic, ethical, ethnic, and intellectual life. The book draws on the work of Sheldon S. Wolin (1922–2015), one of the most influential American theorists of the last fifty years. Here, scholars consider the historical conditions, theoretical elements, and practical impediments to democracy, using Wolin’s insights as touchstones in thinking through the possibilities and obstacles facing democracy now and in the future.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Section 1: Wolin and Democratic Theory: Ancient Roots, Modern Issues -- 1 Interpreting Democracy in Undemocratic Societies -- 2 Aristotle on Enmity: Ideology, Somatic Justice, and Emotions -- 3 Sheldon Wolin and Democratic “Theory” -- Section 2: Memory and Myth in Wolin and Beyond -- 4 Wolin on Myth: A Critique -- 5 Collective Memory and the Settler-Colonial Politics of Reconciliation in Canada -- Section 3: Democracy and Political Education: Wolin and Contemporary Interlocutors -- 6 Realistic Political Education -- 7 Wolin and Said on Political Education, Vision, and Intellectual Tradition -- Section 4: Thinking with and beyond Wolin: Current Democratic Practices and Issues -- 8 Democracy between Reactionary Tribalism and the Megastate – Lessons from Italy and the UK -- 9 The Fate of Fugitive Democracy Today -- 10 Transformative Sanctuary: Rethinking Fugitive Democracy and Black Fugitivity with Frontline Communities in the Underground Railroad -- 11 Visioning Limits or Unlimited Vision? Te Vocation of Political Theory in the Anthropocene -- Contributors