| Democracy Revised Edition Contributor(s): Harrison, Ross (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415130808 ISBN-13: 9780415130806 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1995 Annotation: At a time when liberal democracy is the universally accepted and paradigmatic means of political participation, no better a book has emerged to assess democracy's heritage. Drawing upon democracy's history as both an idea and political act, Ross Harrison considers its importance by examining the works of Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, the American Federalists, Hume, Bentham, Mills, Hegel and Marx. Exploring democracy's relationship to concepts such as liberty, equality and knowledge, Ross considers democracy's fallacies and as well as its foundations. Even-handedly, Ross weighs the benefits of democracy and the lack thereof. Democracy is a compelling guide through this concepts history, and Ross keenly investigates each paradox, problem, pro and con of democracy. Informative, comprehensive, and accessible for the general reader--and citizen--Ross provides a lucid introduction to the term and its practice. absolute truth |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 321.8 |
| LCCN: 92030811 |
| Series: Problems of Philosophy (Routledge (Firm)) |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.34" W x 8.68" (0.81 lbs) 260 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Democracy surrounds us like the air we breath, and is normally taken very much for granted. Across the world democracy has become accepted as an unquestionably good thing. Yet upon further examination the merits of democracy are both paradoxical and problematic, and the treasured values of liberty and equality can be used to argue both for and against it. In the historical section of the book, Ross Harrison clearly traces the history of democracy by examining the works of, amongst others, Plato and Aristotle, Hegel and Marx. Informed by facts and detailed knowledge of these famous thinkers, Harrison provides a clear and cogent justification of democracy. |