Spectre of Democracy

The Rise of Modern Democracy as Seen by Its Critics

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Michael Levin

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Levin traces the century and a half between the American and French revolutions and the end of the First World War, a key period for public debate over democratization. Examining the writings and ideology of a variety of anti-democratic thinkers, he illustrates how arguments for franchise extention had to contend with a deeply entrenched antipathy to democratic ideas. Only if we resurrect expressions of this opposition, he argues, and recall the dominant values that democracy challenged, are we able to understand the historical and ideological context from which modern western values and institutions emerged.

Author Biography:

Michael Levin is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Goldsmiths' College, University of London. A former Visiting professor of Sociology at San Diego State University, he is the author of Marx, Engels, and Liberal Democracy.

Release date NZ

March 1st, 1992

Author

Michael Levin

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

250

Dimensions

152x229x25

ISBN-13

9780814750605

Product ID

14144928

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