Democracy in Dark Times / / Jeffrey C. Isaac.
"This is a truly illuminating and necessary book. Jeffrey Isaac lucidly explores the moral and political dilemmas of this turbulent fin-de-siecle, East and West. His passionate approach is inspired by a genuine moral vision that sees liberal democracy as an unfinished, continuously beleaguered...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©1998 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. THE RETURN OF THE REPRESSED; DR, THE LIMITS OF "DEMOCRATIC THEORY"
- 2. THE STRANGE SILENCE OF POLITICAL THEORY
- 3. HANNAH ARENDT AS DISSENTING INTELLECTUAL
- 4. A NEW GUARANTEE ON EARTH
- 5. OASES IN THE DESERT
- 6. THE POVERTY OF PROGRESSIVISM
- 7. THE MEANINGS OF 1989
- 8. THE PATHOS OF MODERN FREEDOM
- NOTES
- INDEX