Democracy past and future / Pierre Rosanvallon ; edited by Samuel Moyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosanvallon, Pierre, 1948-

Contributor:

Moyn, Samuel.

Series:

Columbia studies in political thought/political history.

Columbia studies in political thought/political history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Liberalism.

Civil society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Democracy Past and Future</I> is the first English-language collection of Pierre Rosanvallon's most important essays on the historical origins, contemporary difficulties, and future prospects of democratic life.</P><P>One of Europe's leading political thinkers, Rosanvallon proposes in these essays new readings of the history, aims, and possibilities of democratic theory and practice, and provides unique theoretical understandings of key moments in democracy's trajectory, from the French Revolution and the struggles for universal suffrage to European unification and the crises

Contents:

Cover; Half title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments and Permissions; Introduction: Antitotalitarianism and After; Part I. The Study of Politics in History; Chapter 1. Inaugural Lecture, Collège de France; Chapter 2. Toward a Philosophical History of the Political; Part II. The Voluntarist Drive to Unity; Chapter 3. Revolutionary Democracy; Chapter 4. The Republic of Universal Suffrage; Part III. The Allure of Rationalism; Chapter 5. François Guizot and the Sovereignty of Reason; Chapter 6. Political Rationalism and Democracy in France; Part IV. Civil Society

Chapter 7. The Market, Liberalism, and Anti-liberalism Chapter 8. Marx and Civil Society; Part V. The Future of Democracy; Chapter 9. From the Past to the Future of Democracy; Chapter 10. The Transformation of Democracy and the Future of Europe; Postscript: Democracy in an Era of Distrust; Notes; Bibliography of Pierre Rosanvallon's Principal Publications; Index

Notes:

A collection of essays from different works including the author's inaugural lecture at the College de France.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-282) and index.

"Bibliography of Pierre Rosanvallon's principal writings": p. 283-287.

ISBN:

9780231510448

0231510446

OCLC:

818855951