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Democratic Piety : Complexity, Conflict and Violence /
This book presents an innovative analysis of the nature of democratic theory, focusing on the prevalence of pious discourses of democracy in contemporary politics. Democracy is now promoted in religious terms to such an extent that it has become sacrosanct in Western political theory. This book argu...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2022]
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| Colección: | Taking on the Political : TAPO
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Pious Discourses of Democracy
- 1 Complexity Theory and Democratic Politics
- 2 Complexity, Democratisation and Conflict
- 3 Democracy, Consensus and Dissent
- 4 Democracy and Violence
- 5 Terrorism, Violence and the Ethics of Democracy
- Conclusion: The Constitutive Failure of Democracy
- Bibliography
- Index