The democratic horizon : hyperpluralism and the renewal of political liberalism / Alessandro Ferrara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferrara, Alessandro, 1953- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Cultural pluralism.

Liberalism.

Political sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 243 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Alessandro Ferrara explains what he terms 'the democratic horizon' - the idea that democracy is no longer simply one form of government among others, but is instead almost universally regarded as the only legitimate form of government, the horizon to which most of us look. Professor Ferrara reviews the challenges under which democracies must operate, focusing on hyperpluralism, and impresses a new twist onto the framework of political liberalism. He shows that distinguishing real democracies from imitations can be difficult, responding to this predicament by enriching readers' understanding of the spirit of democracy; clearing readers' views of pluralism from residues of ethnocentrism; and conceiving multiple versions of democratic culture, rooted in the diversity of civilizational contexts.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Reasons that move the imagination: politics at its best; 2. Democracy and openness; 3. Reflexive pluralism and the conjectural turn; 4. Hyperpluralism and the multivariate democratic polity; 5. Cuius religio, eius res publica: on multiple democracies; 6. Multiculturalism: negation or completion of liberalism?; 7. Beyond the nation: governance and deliberative democracy; 8. Truth, justification and political liberalism; Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-72307-8

1-107-72078-8

1-107-72790-1

1-107-72850-9

1-107-73026-0

1-107-72389-2

1-107-73201-8

1-139-56500-1