The Inner Ocean : : Individualism and Democratic Culture / / George Kateb.
"What is the meaning of individualism in a modern democracy? In this rich and penetrating book, a major political theorist examines the nature of individualism—the concept of self it implies, the ethic it sustains, the personal connectedness it supports, and the politics it requires—and provide...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©1994 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Contestations
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- INTRODUCTION Individual Rights and Democratic Individuality
- CHAPTER ONE The Moral Distinctiveness of Representative Democracy
- CHAPTER TWO Remarks on the Procedures of Constitutional Democracy
- CHAPTER THREE Democratic Individuality and the Claims of Politics
- A Note to Chapters Four, Five, and Six
- CHAPTER FOUR Thinking about Human Extinction (1): Nuclear Weapons and Individual Rights
- CHAPTER FIVE Thinking about Human Extinction (II): Nietzsche and Heidegger
- CHAPTER SIX Thinking about Human Extinction (Ill): Emerson and Whitman
- CHAPTER SEVEN The Liberal Contract: Individualism, War, and the Constitution
- CHAPTER EIGHT On Political Evil
- CHAPTER NINE lndividualism, Communitarianism, and Docility
- CHAPTER TEN Whitman and the Culture of Democracy
- Index