Envisioning Democracy

New Essays After Sheldon Wolin's Political Thought

AvTerry Maley,John R. Wallach

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Few terms elicit such strong and varied feelings and yet have so little clarity as "democracy." Leaders of large states use "democracy" to designate their nations’ public character even as critics and rivals use the term to validate their own political perspectives. In Envisioning Democracy, the editors and contributors address the following questions: What does democracy mean today? What could it mean tomorrow? What is the dynamic of democracy in an increasingly interdependent world?

Envisioning Democracy explores these questions amid the dynamic of democracy as a political phenomenon interacting with forms of economic, ethical, ethnic, and intellectual life. The book draws on the work of Sheldon S. Wolin (1922–2015), one of the most influential American theorists of the last fifty years. Here, scholars consider the historical conditions, theoretical elements, and practical impediments to democracy, using Wolin’s insights as touchstones in thinking through the possibilities and obstacles facing democracy now and in the future.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-02-27
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781487569136
Förlag:University of Toronto Press

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Terry Maley is an associate professor of politics at York University. John R. Wallach is a retired professor of political science at Hunter College & The Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionSection 1: Wolin and Democratic Theory – Ancient Roots, Modern Issues1. Interpreting Democracy in Undemocratic SocietiesJohn R. Wallach2. Aristotle on Enmity: Ideology, Somatic Justice, and EmotionsIngrid Creppell3. Sheldon Wolin and Democratic "Theory"Jason FrankSection 2: Memory and Myth in Wolin and Beyond4. Wolin on Myth: A CritiqueTerence Ball5. Social Amnesia in Canada's TRC: Sheldon Wolin, Radical Indigenous Thought, and the Settler-Colonial Politics of ReconciliationCalvin L. LincezSection 3: Democracy and Political Education: Wolin and Contemporary Interlocutors6. Realistic Political EducationStephen Esquith7. Wolin and Said on Political Education, Vision, and Intellectual TraditionLucy CaneSection 4: Thinking with and beyond Wolin – Current Democratic Practices and Issues8. Democracy between Reactionary Tribalism and the MegastateIain Webb9. The Historical Fate of Fugitive Democracy TodayTerry Maley10. Transformative Sanctuary: Rethinking Fugitive Democracy and Black Fugitivity with Frontline Communities in the Underground RailroadRomand Coles and Lia Haro11. Visioning Limits or Unlimited Vision? The Vocation of Political Theory in the AnthropoceneAndrew Biro