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The Rhetorical Surface of Democracy : How Deliberative Ideals Undermine Democratic Politics.
The Rhetorical Surface of Democracy: How Deliberative Ideals Undermine Democratic Politics, by Scott Welsh, disputes the idea that democracy has anything to do with public deliberation in pursuit of collective judgment. Welsh argues, rather, that the impossibility of any kind of public judgment is t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Rhetorical Surface of Democracy: How Deliberative Ideals Undermine Democratic Politics, by Scott Welsh, disputes the idea that democracy has anything to do with public deliberation in pursuit of collective judgment. Welsh argues, rather, that the impossibility of any kind of public judgment is the fact that democracy must face. Given the impossibility of public judgment, rhetorical competitions for political power are not merely poor substitutes for an allegedly more authentic democratic practice but constitute the essence of demo. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (195 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-174) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739150641 0739150642 1299742610 9781299742611 |