04846nam 2201057 a 450 991045651210332120200520144314.01-283-19513-597866131951351-4008-4031-710.1515/9781400840311(CKB)2550000000043034(EBL)740294(OCoLC)748241773(SSID)ssj0000534228(PQKBManifestationID)11329774(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534228(PQKBWorkID)10492863(PQKB)10726439(MiAaPQ)EBC740294(StDuBDS)EDZ0000406831(OCoLC)754714991(MdBmJHUP)muse43157(DE-B1597)453771(OCoLC)979579308(DE-B1597)9781400840311(Au-PeEL)EBL740294(CaPaEBR)ebr10488651(CaONFJC)MIL319513(EXLCZ)99255000000004303420110502d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAttention deficit democracy[electronic resource] the paradox of civic engagement /Ben BergerCourse BookPrinceton Princeton University Pressc20111 online resource (216 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-14468-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- Introduction -- The rules of engagement -- Political engagement as intrinsic good: Arendt and company -- Political engagement as instrumental good: Tocqueville, attention deficit, and energy -- Is political engagement better than sex? -- Conclusion: Tocqueville vs. the full monty.Handwringing about political apathy is as old as democracy itself. As early as 425 BC, the playwright Aristophanes ridiculed his fellow Athenians for gossiping in the market instead of voting. In more recent decades, calls for greater civic engagement as a democratic cure-all have met with widespread agreement. But how realistic--or helpful--is it to expect citizens to devote more attention and energy to politics? In Attention Deficit Democracy, Ben Berger provides a surprising new perspective on the problem of civic engagement, challenging idealists who aspire to revolutionize democracies and their citizens, but also taking issue with cynics who think that citizens cannot--and need not--do better. "Civic engagement" has become an unwieldy and confusing catchall, Berger argues. We should talk instead of political, social, and moral engagement, figuring out which kinds of engagement make democracy work better, and how we might promote them. Focusing on political engagement and taking Alexis de Tocqueville and Hannah Arendt as his guides, Berger identifies ways to achieve the political engagement we want and need without resorting to coercive measures such as compulsory national service or mandatory voting. By providing a realistic account of the value of political engagement and practical strategies for improving it, while avoiding proposals we can never hope to achieve, Attention Deficit Democracy makes a persuasive case for a public philosophy that much of the public can actually endorse.Political participationUnited StatesDemocracyElectronic books.Alexis de Tocqueville.Hannah Arendt.attention deficit.attention.civic engagement.civil associations.democracy.energy.instrumental good.instrumental value.intrinsic good.intrinsic value.invisibility.isolation.liberal democracy.materialism.moral engagement.participatory democracy.political apathy.political associations.political education.political engagement.political governance.political institutions.political mobilization.politics.public freedom.public philosophy.self-interest.social engagement.totalitarianism.township administration.Political participationDemocracy.323/.0420973Berger Ben1968-1050487MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456512103321Attention deficit democracy2480295UNINA02877 am 2200565 n 450 991049567880332120240104030702.02-39061-043-9(CKB)4100000011945180(FrMaCLE)OB-pucl-6854(PPN)256383316(EXLCZ)99410000001194518020210603j|||||||| ||| 0freuu||||||m||||Être curieux en sociologieBernard Francq, Philippe ScieurLouvain-la-NeuvePresses universitaires de Louvain20211 online resource (340 p.) 2-87558-310-7 Si la curiosité est parfois un vilain défaut, elle est aussi une exigence continue par rapport à la réalité qui ne manque pas de se révéler énigmatique, incertaine, souvent sans couleur mais aussi joyeuse et créative.Ce volume ouvre grand les yeux sur le devenir des sciences sociales. À l’invitation du Pr Bernard Francq, il rassemble les contributions de sociologues chevronnés comme Alain Touraine mais aussi les questionnements de jeunes sociologues sur leur pratique sociologique et sur la manière dont ils se situent par rapport à cette discipline exigeante qu’est la sociologie.Dans un deuxième moment, Bernard Francq et Philippe Scieur ont demandé à des chercheurs animés par le souci d’ouverture, de renouvellement et de création de dire comment ils se sentaient interpellés par cette pratique indispensable à la sociologie qu’est la curiosité. À travers quatre thèmes - le travail, la ville, la démocratie, la singularité - qui ont été présents tout au long de la vie intellectuelle et professionnelle de Bernard Francq, c’est l’occasion de faire émerger de nouvelles questions autour du projet sociologique.SociologycuriositésociologieméthodologieSociologycuriositésociologieméthodologieAlberto Orellana Aguila Nicolas1454932Aubin David1327081Bottamedi Claude1454933Cousin Olivier1275934Francq Bernard1454934Hamman Philippe1290445Lapeyronnie Didier661471Lits Grégoire1454935Mahieu Céline1454936Martuccelli Danilo761637Masson Olivier187907Scieur Philippe513923Sintomer Yves169944Touraine Alain50969Vanneste Damien1454937Wagener Martin1454938Zune Marc1454695FR-FrMaCLEBOOK9910495678803321Être curieux en sociologie3657071UNINA