Democracy in crisis [[electronic resource] ] : violence, alterity, community / / edited by Stella Gaon

• Autore: Gaon Stella <1960->
• Pubblicazione: Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2009
• Edizione: Online-ausg.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 pages)
• Disciplina: 321.8
• Soggetto topico: Democracy; Political violence
• Soggetto non controllato: alterity; community; cultural recognition; democracy; democratic theory; demos; inclusion; radical difference; tolerance; violence
• Altri autori: GaonStella
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Alterity as a crisis for democracy -- pt. 2. Alterity as a provocation to democracy.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume explores the political implications of violence and alterity (radical difference) for the practice of democracy, and reformulates the possibility of community that democracy is said to entail. Most significantly, contributors intervene in traditional democratic theory by boldly contesting the widely-held assumption that increased inclusion, tolerance and cultural recognition are democracy's sufficient conditions. Rather than simply inquiring how best to expand the 'demos', they investigate how claims to self-determination, identity and sovereignty are a problem for democracy and ho.
• Titolo autorizzato: Democracy in crisis
• ISBN: 1-84779-738-5; 1-78170-212-8; 1-84779-298-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791918503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Perspectives on Democratic Practice