Democracy denied, 1905-1915 : intellectuals and the fate of democracy / Charles Kurzman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kurzman, Charles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--History--20th century.

Democracy.

Intellectuals--Political activity--History--20th century.

Intellectuals.

Physical Description:

396 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kurzman proposes that the collective agent most directly responsible for democratization was the emerging class of modern intellectuals, a group that had gained a global identity and a near-messianic sense of mission following the Dreyfus Affair of 1898. Each chapter of this book focuses on a single angle of this story, covering all six cases by examining newspaper accounts, memoirs, and government reports.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

I Intellectuals and Democratization

1 Introduction

2 Intellectuals and the Discourse of Democracy

3 Intellectuals and Democratization

4 The New Democracy: Intellectuals in Power

II Erstwhile Allies

5 Democracy and the Bourgeoisie

6 Democracy and the Working Class

7 Democracy and the Landowners

8 Democracy and the Military

9 Democracy and the Great Powers

10 Aftermath and Implications

Notes

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-389) and index.

ISBN:

9780674039858

0674039858

OCLC:

451156285