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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463395303321

Autore

Urbinati Nadia <1955->

Titolo

The tyranny of the moderns / / Nadia Urbinati ; translated by Martin Thom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-300-18995-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Altri autori (Persone)

ThomMartin

Disciplina

323/.04201

Soggetti

Individualism - Political aspects

Democracy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from the Italian.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- One. Democratic Individualism -- Two. Private Happiness -- Three. An "Ism" to Be Used with Caution -- Four. A Brief History of Individualism -- Five. The Individual against Politics -- Six. Economic Individualism -- Seven. Apathy and Solitude -- Eight. Identitarian Community -- Nine. Regeneration -- Ten. Judgment and Disagreement -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In a well-reasoned and thought-provoking polemic, respected political theorist Nadia Urbinati explores a profound shift in the ideology of individualism, from the ethical nineteenth-century standard, in which each person cooperates with others as equals for the betterment of their lives and the community, to the contemporary "I don't give a damn" maxim. Identifying this "tyranny of the moderns" as the most radical risk that modern democracy currently faces, the author examines the critical necessity of reestablishing the role of the individual citizen as a free and equal agent of democratic society.