01688nam a2200325 a 4500 ebr10529606 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110706s2012 mau sb 001 0 eng d 2011026679 9780674058224 (alk. paper) 9780674062931 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)777264540 JC421 .B52 2012eb 321.8 23 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. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10529606 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 145877 145877