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Persuasion and compulsion in democracy / edited by Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley and Krzysztof Piotr Skowroński.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Persuasion (Psychology).
- Compulsive behavior.
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (283 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book presents a variety of philosophical and socio-political perspectives related to the relationship between persuasion and compulsion in democracy. It meets the need of the present time, in America and in Europe, to re-read and discuss the basic assumptions of democracy and the role of individual within it in the context of institutional persuasions that can become factual compulsions for other institution and, first of all, individuals.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Introduction; I: Public Issues; Chapter One: Between Rhetoric and Dialectic; Chapter Two: Democracy, Persuasion, or Inclusion?; Chapter Three: Compulsion and Persuasion in a Democracy of Split Levels; Chapter Four: Hegemony, Social Iniquiry, and the Primacy of Practical Reason; II: Theoretical Matters; Chapter Five: Keeping Radical Democracy Pragmatic; Chapter Six: A Good Citizen; Chapter Seven: Pragmatist Philosophy and Persuasive Discourse; Chapter Eight: Constructivist Problems, Realist Solutions; III: Actions
- Chapter Nine: A Pragmatist Communicative Ethics for Politics and Everyday LifeChapter Ten: Persuasion and Compulsion in Radical Democracy; Chapter Eleven: Aesthetic Persuasion and Political Compulsion; Chapter Twelve: The Global Learning Chain and Baltimore City's Filipino Teachers; Chapter Thirteen: Persuasion and Compulsion in Democratic Urban Planning; Index; About the Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-32518-5
- 0-7391-7879-2
- 1-299-14878-6
- OCLC:
- 828628760
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