Bilakovics, Steven, 1974-
Democracy without politics [electronic resource] / Steven Bilakovics. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012. - 303 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: democracy as self-subverting -- "More than kings yet less than men": Tocqueville on the new extremes of democratic society -- Civilization without the discontents: Tocqueville on democracy as the social state of nature -- The regime of revolution: Claude Lefort on history, nature, and convention after the democratic revolution -- Political phoenix: Sheldon Wolin on the limits and limitlessness of democracy -- Conclusion: post-politics: society without argument.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Democracy--Philosophy--History.
Democracy--History.
Electronic books.
JC421 / .B52 2012eb
321.8
Democracy without politics [electronic resource] / Steven Bilakovics. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012. - 303 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: democracy as self-subverting -- "More than kings yet less than men": Tocqueville on the new extremes of democratic society -- Civilization without the discontents: Tocqueville on democracy as the social state of nature -- The regime of revolution: Claude Lefort on history, nature, and convention after the democratic revolution -- Political phoenix: Sheldon Wolin on the limits and limitlessness of democracy -- Conclusion: post-politics: society without argument.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Democracy--Philosophy--History.
Democracy--History.
Electronic books.
JC421 / .B52 2012eb
321.8