The Spectre of Democracy: The Rise of Modern Democracy As Seen by Its Critics: The Rise of Modern Democracy As Seen by Its Opponents - Rilegato

Levin, Michael

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ISBN 10: 0814750605 ISBN 13: 9780814750605

Casa editrice: New York Univ Pr, 1992

Riassunto

Levin traces the century and a half between the American and French revolutions and the end of the First World War, a key period for public debate over democratization. Examining the writings and ideology of a variety of anti-democratic thinkers, he illustrates how arguments for franchise extention had to contend with a deeply entrenched antipathy to democratic ideas. Only if we resurrect expressions of this opposition, he argues, and recall the dominant values that democracy challenged, are we able to understand the historical and ideological context from which modern western values and institutions emerged.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: New York Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0814750605
• ISBN 13: 9780814750605
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 250