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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454515603321

Autore

Rosanvallon Pierre <1948->

Titolo

Democracy past and future [[electronic resource] /] / Pierre Rosanvallon ; edited by Samuel Moyn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-231-51044-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Columbia studies in political thought/political history

Altri autori (Persone)

MoynSamuel

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Democracy

Liberalism

Civil society

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A collection of essays from different works including the author's inaugural lecture at the Collège de France.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-282) and index.

"Bibliography of Pierre Rosanvallon's principal writings": p. 283-287.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments and Permissions; Introduction: Antitotalitarianism and After; Part I. The Study of Politics in History; Chapter 1. Inaugural Lecture, Collège de France; Chapter 2. Toward a Philosophical History of the Political; Part II. The Voluntarist Drive to Unity; Chapter 3. Revolutionary Democracy; Chapter 4. The Republic of Universal Suffrage; Part III. The Allure of Rationalism; Chapter 5. François Guizot and the Sovereignty of Reason; Chapter 6. Political Rationalism and Democracy in France; Part IV. Civil Society

Chapter 7. The Market, Liberalism, and Anti-liberalism Chapter 8. Marx and Civil Society; Part V. The Future of Democracy; Chapter 9. From the Past to the Future of Democracy; Chapter 10. The Transformation of Democracy and the Future of Europe; Postscript: Democracy in an Era of Distrust; Notes; Bibliography of Pierre Rosanvallon's Principal Publications; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Democracy Past and Future</I> is the first English-language collection of Pierre Rosanvallon's most important essays on the historical origins, contemporary difficulties, and future prospects of democratic life.



</P><P>One of Europe's leading political thinkers, Rosanvallon proposes in these essays new readings of the history, aims, and possibilities of democratic theory and practice, and provides unique theoretical understandings of key moments in democracy's trajectory, from the French Revolution and the struggles for universal suffrage to European unification and the crises