Democratic anxieties : same-sex marriage, death, and citizenship /
Democratic Anxieties: Same-Sex Marriage, Death, and Citizenship proceeds from the surprising parallels between straight and gay opponents of same-sex marriage. With their apocalyptic rhetoric they inadvertently point to a frequently neglected, existential dimension of democratic citizenship. Democra...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Lanham, Md. :
Lexington Books,
©2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Democratic Anxieties: Same-Sex Marriage, Death, and Citizenship proceeds from the surprising parallels between straight and gay opponents of same-sex marriage. With their apocalyptic rhetoric they inadvertently point to a frequently neglected, existential dimension of democratic citizenship. Democratic Anxieties argues that we must pay attention to the existential significance of democratic citizenship, because otherwise we end up with anxious democracy-a democracy that cannot fully embrace pluralism, especially when the connections between sex, death, and citizenship are at stake. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 195 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780739149881 0739149881 9786613084668 6613084662 |