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This is a presentation of a new, ethical vision of democracy built around self-rule, civic education, and ethical cultivation.

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Author:   Fred Dallmayr
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.517kg
ISBN:  

9781438430393

ISBN 10:   1438430396
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   09 November 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Preface 1. Introduction: The Promise of Democracy 2. Hegel for Our Time: Negativity and Democratic Ethos 3. Democratic Action and Experience: Dewey's ""Holistic"" Pragmatism 4. Agency and Letting-Be: Heidegger on Primordial Praxis 5. Action in the Public Realm: Arendt Between Past and Future 6. Postmodernism and Radical Democracy: Laclau and Mouffe on ""Hegemony"" 7. Jacques Derrida's Legacy:""Democracy to Come"" 8. Who Are We Now? For an ""Other"" Humanism 9. Religion, Politics, and Islam: Toward Multiple Modes of Democracy 10. Beyond Minimal Democracy: Voices from East and West Appendices A. Democracy Without Banisters: Reading Claude Lefort B. The Return of the Political: On Chantal Mouffe C. Exiting Liberal Democracy? Bell and Confucian Thought Notes Index"

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...the book contains seeds of thought on the issue of religion, identity, and politics vitally in need of reflection in light of the need to generate collective action in the global political arena. - Philosophy in Review

Author Information

Fred Dallmayr is Professor of Philosophy and Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of several books, including Beyond Orientalism: Essays on Cross-Cultural Encounter and Margins of Political Discourse, both also published by SUNY Press, and In Search of the Good Life: A Pedagogy for Troubled Times.

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