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.


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Democracy--Philosophy--History.
Democracy--History.


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