Isbn: 9780226898452 - liberalism and the problem of knowledge: a new rhetoric for modern democracy (16 risultati)

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Hardback. Condizione: New. In this study of democracy and its critics, the author debunks liberalism, arguing that its exaggerated ideals of authenticity, unity and community have deflected attention from the pervasive incompetence of "the rule of experts". He proposes a ground of communication that emphasizes common interests rather than narrow disputes. The problem of "unity" and the public sphere has driven a wedge between libertarians and communitarians. To mediate this conflict, Willard advocates a shift from the discourse of liberalism to that of epistemics. As a means of organizing the ebb and flow of consensus, epistemics regards democracy as a family of knowledge problems - as ways of managing discourse across differences and protecting multiple views. Building a bridge between warring peoples and warring paradigms, the book also reminds those who presume to instruct government that they are obliged to enlighten it, and that to do so requires an enlightened public discourse.…

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Condizione: New. &Uumlber den AutorCharles Willard is professor and chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Louisville.KlappentextAcknowledgments Introduction: The Yankee Way to Knowledge Pt. I: The Publ.

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Acknowledgments Introduction: The Yankee Way to Knowledge Pt. I: The Public and Its Problems: One More Time 1: Authenticity and the Rhetoric of Trauma 2: Romancing the Gesellschaft: Community and the Fallacy of Common Ground 3: Commensuration and Unificationism 4: Foucault's Trap 5: Pluralism, the Public, and the Problem of Knowledge 6: Democracy in America: A Thought Experiment Pt. II: Discourse across Differences 7: Epistemics 8: The Uses of Argument Fields 9: Fields as Organizations 10: A Theory of Presumption 11: Desperately Seeking Dewey 12: Epilogue: A Rhetoric for Modern Democracy Bibliography Index. …

Hardback. Condizione: New. In this study of democracy and its critics, the author debunks liberalism, arguing that its exaggerated ideals of authenticity, unity and community have deflected attention from the pervasive incompetence of "the rule of experts". He proposes a ground of communication that emphasizes common interests rather than narrow disputes. The problem of "unity" and the public sphere has driven a wedge between libertarians and communitarians. To mediate this conflict, Willard advocates a shift from the discourse of liberalism to that of epistemics. As a means of organizing the ebb and flow of consensus, epistemics regards democracy as a family of knowledge problems - as ways of managing discourse across differences and protecting multiple views. Building a bridge between warring peoples and warring paradigms, the book also reminds those who presume to instruct government that they are obliged to enlighten it, and that to do so requires an enlightened public discourse.…