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Talisse, Robert B.

 
9780197556450: Sustaining Democracy: What We Owe to the Other Side
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0197556450 ISBN 13 : 9780197556450
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2021

Synopsis

Democracy is not easy. Citizens who disagree sharply about politics must nonetheless work together as equal partners in the enterprise of collective self-government. Ideally, this work would be conducted under conditions of mutual civility, with opposed citizens nonetheless recognizing one another's standing as political equals. But when the political stakes are high, and the opposition seems to us severely mistaken, why not drop the democratic pretences of civil partnership, and simply play to win? Why seek to uphold properly democratic relations with those who embrace political ideas that are flawed, irresponsible, and out of step with justice? Why sustain democracy with political foes?

Drawing on extensive social science research concerning political polarization and partisan identity, Robert B. Talisse argues that when we break off civil interactions with our political opponents, we imperil relations with our political allies. In the absence of engagement with our political critics, our alliances grow increasingly homogeneous, conformist, and hierarchical. Moreover, they fracture and devolve amidst internal conflicts. In the end, our political aims suffer because our coalitions shrink and grow ineffective. Why sustain democracy with our foes? Because we need them if we are going to sustain democracy with our allies and friends.

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert B. Talisse is W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. His central research area is democratic theory, where he pursues issues concerning legitimacy, justice, and public political argumentation. He is the author of Overdoing Democracy: Why We Must Put Politics in its Place (Oxford University Press, 2019), forthcoming in paperback.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0197556450
ISBN 13 
9780197556450
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
184
Coordonnées du fabricant
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