Hatred of DemocracyJacques Rancière was a student of Althusser before he famously turned against his mentor; now, he's regarded as one of the major thinkers of our age. In his new book, he examines how the West can no longer simply extol the virtues of democracy by contrasting it with the horrors of totalitarianism. As certain governments are exporting democracy by brute force, and a reactionary strand in mainstream political opinion is willing to abandon civil liberties and destroy collective values of equality, Rancière explains how democracy--government by all--is the principle that de-legitimates any form of power based on the superiority of those who govern. Hence the fear, and consequently the hatred, of democracy amongst the new ruling class. |
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... denounced as the State principle of a closed totality is now denounced as the social principle of limitlessness . This principle called democracy has become the englobing principle of modernity viewed as an historical and global ...
... denounced as the State principle of a closed totality is now denounced as the social principle of limitlessness . This principle called democracy has become the englobing principle of modernity viewed as an historical and global ...
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... denounced the illusions of a ' personalization ' entirely subjugated to market imperatives , and it saw in the promises of consumerism the false equality that masked ' absence of democracy and the non - existence of equality'.17 The new ...
... denounced the illusions of a ' personalization ' entirely subjugated to market imperatives , and it saw in the promises of consumerism the false equality that masked ' absence of democracy and the non - existence of equality'.17 The new ...
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... denounced by critics from Burke to Agamben , via Marx and Hannah Arendt , in the name of a single logic : if two principles are required for politics instead of only one , it must be because of some deceit or vice . One of the two ...
... denounced by critics from Burke to Agamben , via Marx and Hannah Arendt , in the name of a single logic : if two principles are required for politics instead of only one , it must be because of some deceit or vice . One of the two ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Politics or the Lost Shepherd | 33 |
Democracy Republic Representation | 51 |
Copyright | |
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