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Democratic Piety: Complexity, Conflict and Violence
Adrian Little
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Hardback. An analysis of the nature of contemporary democratic theory and the prevalence of pious discourses of democracy in contemporary politics. Series: Taking on the Political. Num Pages: 208 pages, None. BIC Classification: JPHV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
This book presents an innovative analysis of the nature of democratic theory, focusing on the prevalence of pious discourses of democracy in contemporary politics. Democracy is now promoted in religious terms to such an extent that it has become sacrosanct in Western political theory. Rather than accepting this situation, this book argues that such piety relies on unsophisticated political analysis that pays scant attention to the complex conditions of contemporary politics. Little contends that the importance of conflict is underplayed in much democratic theory and that it is more useful to think instead of democracy in terms of the centrality ... Read more
This book presents an innovative analysis of the nature of democratic theory, focusing on the prevalence of pious discourses of democracy in contemporary politics. Democracy is now promoted in religious terms to such an extent that it has become sacrosanct in Western political theory. Rather than accepting this situation, this book argues that such piety relies on unsophisticated political analysis that pays scant attention to the complex conditions of contemporary politics. Little contends that the importance of conflict is underplayed in much democratic theory and that it is more useful to think instead of democracy in terms of the centrality ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Series
Taking on the Political
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748633654
SKU
V9780748633654
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About Adrian Little
Adrian Little is Associate Professor and Reader in Political Theory and Head of the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. He is author of The Political Thought of Andre Gortz (1996), Post-Industrial Socialism: Towards a New Politics of Welfare (1998), The Politics of Community: Theory and Practice (2002), Democracy and Northern Ireland: Beyond the ... Read more
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