Sharing democracy [electronic resource] /
by Ferguson, Michaele L.
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BookPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource (xi, 208 p.).ISBN: 9780199980413 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Democracy -- Philosophy | Group identity -- Political aspects | Identity politics | Identity (Philosophical concept) | Agent (Philosophy)Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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