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The Tyranny of the Moderns

By Martin Thom , Nadia Urbinati

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
0300182775, 9780300182774
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
280 kB (286675 bytes)
Pages
224\0
Time added
2015-03-17 19:52:12

Description

In a well-reasoned and thought-provoking polemic, respected political theorist Nadia Urbinati explores a profound shift in the ideology of individualism, from the ethical nineteenth-century standard, in which each person cooperates with others as equals for the betterment of their lives and the community, to the contemporary “I don’t give a damn” maxim. Identifying this “tyranny of the moderns” as the most radical risk that modern democracy currently faces, the author examines the critical necessity of reestablishing the role of the individual citizen as a free and equal agent of democratic society.

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