Ferguson, Michaele L., 1973-
Sharing democracy [electronic resource] / Michaele L. Ferguson. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xi, 208 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Democratic theorists frequently assume that the 'people' must have something in common, or else democracy will fail. This produces an ironically anti-democratic tendency to emphasize the passive possession of commonality. Sharing Democracy counters this tendency with a radical vision of democracy grounded instead in the active exercise of political freedom.
9780199980413 (ebook) : No price
Democracy--Philosophy.
Group identity--Political aspects.
Identity politics.
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Agent (Philosophy)
JC423 / .F433 2012
321.8
Sharing democracy [electronic resource] / Michaele L. Ferguson. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xi, 208 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Democratic theorists frequently assume that the 'people' must have something in common, or else democracy will fail. This produces an ironically anti-democratic tendency to emphasize the passive possession of commonality. Sharing Democracy counters this tendency with a radical vision of democracy grounded instead in the active exercise of political freedom.
9780199980413 (ebook) : No price
Democracy--Philosophy.
Group identity--Political aspects.
Identity politics.
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Agent (Philosophy)
JC423 / .F433 2012
321.8