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Public Freedom
Dana Villa
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Description for Public Freedom
paperback. Argues that political freedom is essential to both the preservation of constitutional government and the very substance of American democracy itself. This book examines, among other topics, the promise and limits of civil society and associational life as sources of democratic renewal; and the effects of mass media on the public arena. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
The freedom to take part in civic life--whether in the exercise of one's right to vote or congregate and protest--has become increasingly less important to Americans than individual rights and liberties. In Public Freedom, renowned political theorist Dana Villa argues that political freedom is essential to both the preservation of constitutional government and the very substance of American democracy itself. Through intense close readings of theorists such as Hegel, Tocqueville, Mill, Adorno, Arendt, and Foucault, Villa diagnoses the key causes of our democratic discontent and offers solutions to preserve at least some of our democratic hopes. He demonstrates how Americans' ... Read more
The freedom to take part in civic life--whether in the exercise of one's right to vote or congregate and protest--has become increasingly less important to Americans than individual rights and liberties. In Public Freedom, renowned political theorist Dana Villa argues that political freedom is essential to both the preservation of constitutional government and the very substance of American democracy itself. Through intense close readings of theorists such as Hegel, Tocqueville, Mill, Adorno, Arendt, and Foucault, Villa diagnoses the key causes of our democratic discontent and offers solutions to preserve at least some of our democratic hopes. He demonstrates how Americans' ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691135946
SKU
9780691135946
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About Dana Villa
Dana Villa is the Packey J. Dee Professor of Political Theory at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of "Socratic Citizenship; Politics, Philosophy, Terror; and Arendt and Heidegger: The Fate of the Political" (all Princeton).
Reviews for Public Freedom
"In his argument for a more vital and robust public square and a more capacious conception of freedom, Villa makes a substantial contribution, both to the political theory literature and to a more textured understanding of the nature of a genuinely free society."
Sheila Suess Kennedy, Law and Politics
Sheila Suess Kennedy, Law and Politics