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Fugitive Democracy: And Other Essays
Sheldon S. Wolin
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Description for Fugitive Democracy: And Other Essays
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Sheldon Wolin was one of the most influential and original political thinkers of the past fifty years. Fugitive Democracy brings together his most important writings, from classic essays such as Political Theory as a Vocation, written amid the Cold War and the conflict in Vietnam, to his late radical essays on American democracy such as Fugitive Democracy, in which he offers a controversial reinterpretation of democracy as an episodic phenomenon distinct from the routinized political management that passes for democracy today. The breathtaking range of Wolin's scholarship, political commitment, and critical acumen are on full ... Read more
Sheldon Wolin was one of the most influential and original political thinkers of the past fifty years. Fugitive Democracy brings together his most important writings, from classic essays such as Political Theory as a Vocation, written amid the Cold War and the conflict in Vietnam, to his late radical essays on American democracy such as Fugitive Democracy, in which he offers a controversial reinterpretation of democracy as an episodic phenomenon distinct from the routinized political management that passes for democracy today. The breathtaking range of Wolin's scholarship, political commitment, and critical acumen are on full ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
870g
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691133645
SKU
V9780691133645
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About Sheldon S. Wolin
Sheldon S. Wolin (1922-2015) was professor emeritus of politics at Princeton University. His books include Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought and Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism (both Princeton). Nicholas Xenos is professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His books include Cloaked in Virtue: Unveiling Leo Strauss ... Read more
Reviews for Fugitive Democracy: And Other Essays
This collection is long overdue. Fugitive Democracy is a book that every current and future political theorist and political philosopher should own. -Melissa A. Orlie, author of Living Ethically, Acting Politically These essays are stunning. No one speaks for democracy as Wolin does. -Anne Norton, author of On the Muslim Question