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OverviewThis is the first edited scholarly collection devoted solely to the epistemology of democracy. Its fifteen chapters, published here for the first time and written by an international team of leading researchers, will interest scholars and advanced students working in democratic theory, the harrowing crisis of democracy, political philosophy, social epistemology, and political epistemology. The volume is structured into three parts, each offering five chapters. The first part, Democratic Pessimism, covers the crisis of democracy, the rise of authoritarianism, public epistemic vices, misinformation and disinformation, civic ignorance, and the lacking quantitative case for democratic decision-making. The second part, Democratic Optimism, discusses the role of hope and positive emotions in rebuilding democracy, proposes solutions to myside bias, and criticizes dominant epistocratic approaches to forming political administrations. The third and final part, Democratic Realism, assesses whether we genuinely require emotional empathy to understand the perspectives of our political adversaries, discusses the democratic tension between mutual respect for others and a quest for social justice, and evaluates manifold top-down and bottom-up approaches to policy making. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hana Samaržija , Quassim Cassam (University of Warwick, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.771kg ISBN: 9781032317250ISBN 10: 1032317256 Pages: 324 Publication Date: 03 April 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: What the Epistemology of Democracy Is All About Hana Samaržija Part I: Democratic Pessimism 1. Sexy but Wrong: Diversity Theorem Defenses of Democracy Jason Brennan 2. A Belated Failure: Condorcet in Contemporary Epistemic Conditions Hana Samaržija 3. Social Epistemic Miserliness: Populism against Democracy Nenad Miščević 4. Critical Thinking and Trusting Experts in Real-life Democracies Snježana Prijić Samaržija 5. The Dangers of Disinformation Åsa Wikforss Part II: Democratic Optimism 6. The Politics of Resentment: Hope, Mistrust, and Polarisation Alessandra Tanesini 7. Against the Individual Virtue Approach in the Epistemology of Democracy Marko Luka Zubčić 8. Institutional Cynicism and Civic Virtue Ian James Kidd 9. Myside Bias in Individuals and Institutions Keith Stanovich 10. Listening for Epistemic Community Hanna Kiri Gunn Part III: Democratic Realism 11. Sensemaking, Empathy, and Democracy Quassim Cassam 12. Political Skepticism, Bias, and Epistemic Colonization Michael P. Lynch 13. Economic Inequalities and Epistemic Democracy Ivan Cerovac 14. What Political Enemies Are for Robert B. Talisse 15. Top-Down and Bottom-Up Solutions to the Problem of Political Ignorance Ilya SominReviewsAuthor InformationHana Samaržija is a Ph.D. student in Philosophy at the University of Warwick. Her papers on countering epistemic injustice and seeking epistemically high-quality alternatives to democracy have been published in Social Epistemology and other academic journals as well as in the edited book The Philosophy of Fanaticism: Epistemic, Affective, and Political Dimensions (Routledge, 2022). Quassim Cassam is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, an Honorary Fellow of Keble College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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