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Democracy and Political Theory
Claude Lefort
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Description for Democracy and Political Theory
Hardback. This book examines the central questions of democracy and politics in modern societies. Translator(s): Macey, David. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPF; JPHV; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
This book examines the central questions of democracy and politics in modern societies. Through an analysis of some of the key texts of 19th and 20th century thought - from Marx, Michelet and de Tocqueville to Hannah Arendt - the author explores the ambiguities of democracy, the nature of human rights, the idea and the reality of revolution, the emergence of totalitarianism and the changing relations between politics, religion and the image of the body. While developing a highly original account of the nature of politics and power in modern societies, he links political reflection to the interpretation of history ... Read more
This book examines the central questions of democracy and politics in modern societies. Through an analysis of some of the key texts of 19th and 20th century thought - from Marx, Michelet and de Tocqueville to Hannah Arendt - the author explores the ambiguities of democracy, the nature of human rights, the idea and the reality of revolution, the emergence of totalitarianism and the changing relations between politics, religion and the image of the body. While developing a highly original account of the nature of politics and power in modern societies, he links political reflection to the interpretation of history ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
Number of Pages
100
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745604374
SKU
V9780745604374
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About Claude Lefort
Claude Lefort was a French philosopher and activist. He was politically active by 1942 under the influence of his tutor, the phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty. By 1943 he was organising a faction of the Trotskyist Parti Communiste Internationaliste at the Lycée Henri-IV in Paris. David Macey was an English translator and intellectual historian of the French left. He translated around sixty ... Read more
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