Democratism

Author : Emily B. Finley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197642313

Get Book

The Ideology of Democratism by Emily B. Finley Pdf

A unique reinterpretation of democracy that shows how history's most vocal champions of democracy from Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Jefferson to John Rawls have contributed to a pervasive, anti-democratic ideology, effectively redefining democracy to mean "rule by the elites." The rise of global populism reveals a tension in Western thinking about democracy. Warnings about the "populist threat" to democracy and "authoritarian" populism are now commonplace. However, as Emily B. Finley argues in The Ideology of Democratism, dismissing "populism" as anti-democratic is highly problematic. In effect, such arguments essentially reject the actual popular will in favor of a purely theoretical and abstract "will of the people." She contends that the West has conceptualized democracy-not just its populist doppelgänger-as an ideal that has all of the features of a thoroughgoing political ideology which she labels "democratism." As she shows, this understanding of democracy, which constitutes an entire view of life and politics, has been and remains a powerful influence in America and leading Western European nations and their colonial satellites. Through a careful analysis of several of history's most vocal champions of democracy, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Jefferson, Woodrow Wilson, John Rawls, and American neoconservatives and liberal internationalists, Finley identifies an interpretation of democracy that effectively transforms the meaning of "rule by the people" into nearly its opposite. Making use of democratic language and claiming to speak for the people, many politicians, philosophers, academics, and others advocate a more "complete" and "genuine" form of democracy that in practice has little regard for the actual popular will. A heterodox argument that challenges the prevailing consensus of what democracy is and what it is supposed be, The Ideology of Democratism offers a timely and comprehensive assessment of the features and thrust of this powerful new view of democracy that has enchanted the West.

Author : Agné, Hans
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781802204254

Get Book

Democratism by Agné, Hans Pdf

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This insightful and timely book introduces an explanatory theory for surveying global and international politics. Describing the nature and effects of democracy beyond the state, Hans Agné explores peace and conflict, migration politics, resource distribution, regime effectiveness, foreign policy and posthuman politics through the lens of democratism to both supplement and challenge established research paradigms.

Author : Emily B. Finley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-02
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 9780197642290

Get Book

The Ideology of Democratism by Emily B. Finley Pdf

A unique reinterpretation of democracy that shows how history's most vocal champions of democracy from Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Jefferson to John Rawls have contributed to a pervasive, anti-democratic ideology, effectively redefining democracy to mean "rule by the elites." The rise of global populism reveals a tension in Western thinking about democracy. Warnings about the "populist threat" to democracy and "authoritarian" populism are now commonplace. However, as Emily B. Finley argues in The Ideology of Democratism, dismissing "populism" as anti-democratic is highly problematic. In effect, such arguments essentially reject the actual popular will in favor of a purely theoretical and abstract "will of the people." She contends that the West has conceptualized democracy-not just its populist doppelgänger-as an ideal that has all of the features of a thoroughgoing political ideology which she labels "democratism." As she shows, this understanding of democracy, which constitutes an entire view of life and politics, has been and remains a powerful influence in America and leading Western European nations and their colonial satellites. Through a careful analysis of several of history's most vocal champions of democracy, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Jefferson, Woodrow Wilson, John Rawls, and American neoconservatives and liberal internationalists, Finley identifies an interpretation of democracy that effectively transforms the meaning of "rule by the people" into nearly its opposite. Making use of democratic language and claiming to speak for the people, many politicians, philosophers, academics, and others advocate a more "complete" and "genuine" form of democracy that in practice has little regard for the actual popular will. A heterodox argument that challenges the prevailing consensus of what democracy is and what it is supposed be, The Ideology of Democratism offers a timely and comprehensive assessment of the features and thrust of this powerful new view of democracy that has enchanted the West.

Author : Richard Paul Bellamy,Angus C. Ross
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1996-05-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0719046394

Get Book

A Textual Introduction To Social and Political Theory by Richard Paul Bellamy,Angus C. Ross Pdf

This book offers a stimulating new approach to studying social and political theory. It combines specially selected extracts from the political classics with original and insightful essays offering a commentary upon them. The reader is drawn into a dialogue with the Western political tradition’s principal thinkers, whose ideas provide a common currency in which to debate the problems facing modern societies. Each of the twelve chapters combines extracts from two (or in one case three) political philosophers on a key political concept with a commentary essay. Each chapter does more than just introduce the reader to the classics; it also explains, via the commentary essay, the key concepts of political debate, and the historical contexts which led the thinkers to their different understandings of the nature of society.

Author : J. Hulsman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1997-03-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230375079

Get Book

A Paradigm for the New World Order by J. Hulsman Pdf

This work looks at competing, overarching, guiding principles for American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era, not only by delineating these belief systems but also by linking them to current foreign policy actors in Congress and the executive branch. The book perfects a tool, schools-of-thought analysis, which relates theory to political processes and specific policymakers. It is an attempt to both classify and analyze the intellectual and political nature of the post-Cold War era.

Author : Zhang Lei,Zhang Ping
Publisher : American Academic Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781631816789

Get Book

A BIOGRAPHY OF SUN YAT-SEN by Zhang Lei,Zhang Ping Pdf

A Biography of Sun Yat-Sen, a record of the renowned historical personage in China, co-authored by Zhang Lei and Zhang Ping and published in 2011 by the People’s Publishing House, was listed as one of the key publications for the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Sun Yat-sen. It has been highly regarded in the major media of the country. The book is composed of two parts, the first of which consists of five chapters that narrate his experience of overseas studies and his leadership in the establishment of the Revive China Society and the Chinese Revolutionary League, the struggle against the Qing Dynasty and Yuan Shikai, the building and protection of the Republican system. The second part of the book provides a detailed description and interpretation of the development of the democratic and revolutionary system of ideology represented by the Three Principles of the People and the Three Great Policies, and of the significance of his theories for the Chinese revolution. Different from other biographies, A Biography of Sun Yat-sen does not dwell on telling the long story about his family or daily life, but is focused on his spirit, i.e. his patriotism and enthusiasm for reform and revolution, and based on it, recounts the development and elevation of this spirit, which is revealed by the whole process of his first advocating the reform of the Qing Government to proposing the (New) Three Principles of the People. The book is an important reference for further study and understanding of Sun Yat-sen and his ideas and revolutionary cause.

Author : ????? ????????
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9639241830

Get Book

The Making of a Nation in the Balkans by ????? ???????? Pdf

"The book contains a presentation and critical consideration of the ideas of historians on the major problems, processes, events, and personalities of the era of the Bulgarian (national) Revival. It is dominated by the effort to understand how the Bulgarian Revival has been conceived of and imagined while keeping a certain distance from the various views presented, whether critical, ironic, or simply that inherent in the presentation of another person's view."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : United States. Joint Publications Research Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1274 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070444505

Get Book

Political Translations on Eastern Europe by United States. Joint Publications Research Service Pdf

Author : MAURICIO ENRIQUE FAU
Publisher : Mauricio Enrique Fau
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

Get Book

THE STATE AND REVOLUTION by MAURICIO ENRIQUE FAU Pdf

This work was written by Lenin on the eve of the triumph of the Russian Revolution. In it, he developed the practical bases of the dictatorship of the proletariat, denouncing what he understood as the fraudulent character of bourgeois democracy and exposing the conditions for the extinction of the State and all forms of oppression.

Author : Russell Kirk
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781684516346

Get Book

The Politics of Prudence by Russell Kirk Pdf

30th Anniversary Edition with a new introduction by Michael Federici. Conservatives are guided by prudence. So taught Russell Kirk (1918–1994), one of the founding fathers of American conservatism. If the tradition of prudential politics has fallen on hard times, its comeback might well begin in the pages of this wise book. An understanding of prudence as practical wisdom, the capacity of choosing the right means to attain worthy ends, is much needed in our time. It is the virtue most associated with the statesman. Distinguishing political prudence from ideology, Kirk examines ten principles, events, books, and thinkers that have shaped the conservative mind and heart. The final chapter examines the shortcomings of democracy throughout the world and the need for representative government conducted by temperate and thoughtful men and women. In an eloquent epilogue, Kirk calls the rising generation to the defense of order—both the moral order and the social order, the order of the soul and the order of society—against the enemies of justice, freedom, and a high culture. Reflecting decades of learning and practical experience, this lucid book is Kirk's bequest to the young men and women of today, an instruction manual for redeeming the time.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105014654276

Get Book

Kyoto University Economic Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : James Burnham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351313186

Get Book

Congress and the American Tradition by James Burnham Pdf

Most Americans would probably be surprised to hear that, in 1959, James Burnham, a leading political thinker questioned whether Congress would survive, and whether the Executive Branch of the American government would become a dictatorship. In the last decade, members of Congress have impeached a president, rejected or refused to consider presidential nominees, and appear in the media criticizing the chief executive. Congress does not exactly appear to be at risk of expiring. Regardless of how we perceive Congress today, more than forty years after Congress and the American Tradition was written, Burnham's questions, arguments, and political analysis still have much to tell us about freedom and political order. Burnham originally intended Congress and the American Tradition as a response to liberal critics of Senator McCarthy's investigations of communist influence in the United States. He developed it into a detailed analysis of the history and functioning of Congress, its changing relationship with the Executive Branch, and the danger of despotism, even in a democratic society. The book is organized into three distinct parts. "The American System of Government," analyzes the concept of government, ideology and tradition, power, and the place and function of Congress within the American government. "The Present Position of Congress," explores its law-making power, Congressional commissions, treaties, investigatory power, and proposals for Congressional reform. "The Future of Congress," discusses democracy and liberty, and ultimately asks, "Can Congress Survive?" Michael Henry's new introduction sheds much insight into Burnham's writings and worldview, combining biography and penetrating scholarly analysis. He makes it clear why this work is of continuing importance to political theoreticians, historians, philosophers, and those interested in American government. James Burnham (1905-1987) began his career as a professor of philosophy at New York University. He co-founded, with William F. Buckley, Jr., The National Review. His books include The Managerial Revolution, The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom, and Suicide of the West. Michael Henry received his advanced degree in political theory. He has been teaching philosophy at St. John's University in New York since 1977.

Author : E G Liberman,Arlo Schultz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781351695831

Get Book

Revival: Economic Methods & the Effectiveness of Production (1971) by E G Liberman,Arlo Schultz Pdf

This title was first published in 1971: Aims to provide an exciting and psychologically penetrating account of the life of Russia's 18th century tsar/reformer and the theme of progress through violence in Russia.

Author : Laura Rowe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108419055

Get Book

Morale and Discipline in the Royal Navy during the First World War by Laura Rowe Pdf

The experiences of men who fought at sea reveal the relationship between discipline, leadership, and the strength of the fleet.

Author : Edward Taborsky
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400877034

Get Book

Communism in Czechoslovakia, 1948-1960 by Edward Taborsky Pdf

Czechoslovakia, once considered Central Europe's model democracy, has been a Soviet satellite since 1948. The Communists now boast that "socialism" has defeated capitalism politically and has surpassed it in production, in living standards, and in social justice. How realistic is this picture of conditions in a country once oriented to the West? This question is the focus of Professor Taborsky’s book. In attempting to answer it, the author first reviews the history of the Communist Party’s rise to power and then examines in detail the economic, social, political, and cultural programs of their twelve-year regime, comparing stated plans with actual results through 1960. His final assessment of the Party’s successes and failures measures both effort and result against the human cost. Originally published in 1961. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.