Envisioning Democracy
New Essays After Sheldon Wolin's Political Thought
Published on 2. March 2023
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-4875-6560-2 (ISBN)
Description
Few terms elicit such strong and varied feelings and yet have so little clarity as "democracy." Leaders of large states use "democracy" to designate their nations' public character even as critics and rivals use the term to validate their own political perspectives. In Envisioning Democracy, the editors and contributors address the following questions: What does democracy mean today? What could it mean tomorrow? What is the dynamic of democracy in an increasingly interdependent world?
Envisioning Democracy explores these questions amid the dynamic of democracy as a political phenomenon interacting with forms of economic, ethical, ethnic, and intellectual life. The book draws on the work of Sheldon S. Wolin (1922-2015), one of the most influential American theorists of the last fifty years. Here, scholars consider the historical conditions, theoretical elements, and practical impediments to democracy, using Wolin's insights as touchstones in thinking through the possibilities and obstacles facing democracy now and in the future.
Envisioning Democracy explores these questions amid the dynamic of democracy as a political phenomenon interacting with forms of economic, ethical, ethnic, and intellectual life. The book draws on the work of Sheldon S. Wolin (1922-2015), one of the most influential American theorists of the last fifty years. Here, scholars consider the historical conditions, theoretical elements, and practical impediments to democracy, using Wolin's insights as touchstones in thinking through the possibilities and obstacles facing democracy now and in the future.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
2 b&w figures
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4875-6560-2 (9781487565602)
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Persons
Terry Maley is an associate professor of politics at York University.
John R. Wallach is a retired professor of political science at Hunter College & The Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
John R. Wallach is a retired professor of political science at Hunter College & The Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Content
Introduction
Section 1: Wolin and Democratic Theory - Ancient Roots, Modern Issues
1. Interpreting Democracy in Undemocratic Societies
John R. Wallach
2. Aristotle on Enmity: Ideology, Somatic Justice, and Emotions
Ingrid Creppell
3. Sheldon Wolin and Democratic "Theory"
Jason Frank
Section 2: Memory and Myth in Wolin and Beyond
4. Wolin on Myth: A Critique
Terence Ball
5. Social Amnesia in Canada's TRC: Sheldon Wolin, Radical Indigenous Thought, and the Settler-Colonial Politics of Reconciliation
Calvin L. Lincez
Section 3: Democracy and Political Education: Wolin and Contemporary Interlocutors
6. Realistic Political Education
Stephen Esquith
7. Wolin and Said on Political Education, Vision, and Intellectual Tradition
Lucy Cane
Section 4: Thinking with and beyond Wolin - Current Democratic Practices and Issues
8. Democracy between Reactionary Tribalism and the Megastate
Iain Webb
9. The Historical Fate of Fugitive Democracy Today
Terry Maley
10. Transformative Sanctuary: Rethinking Fugitive Democracy and Black Fugitivity with Frontline Communities in the Underground Railroad
Romand Coles and Lia Haro
11. Visioning Limits or Unlimited Vision? The Vocation of Political Theory in the Anthropocene
Andrew Biro
Section 1: Wolin and Democratic Theory - Ancient Roots, Modern Issues
1. Interpreting Democracy in Undemocratic Societies
John R. Wallach
2. Aristotle on Enmity: Ideology, Somatic Justice, and Emotions
Ingrid Creppell
3. Sheldon Wolin and Democratic "Theory"
Jason Frank
Section 2: Memory and Myth in Wolin and Beyond
4. Wolin on Myth: A Critique
Terence Ball
5. Social Amnesia in Canada's TRC: Sheldon Wolin, Radical Indigenous Thought, and the Settler-Colonial Politics of Reconciliation
Calvin L. Lincez
Section 3: Democracy and Political Education: Wolin and Contemporary Interlocutors
6. Realistic Political Education
Stephen Esquith
7. Wolin and Said on Political Education, Vision, and Intellectual Tradition
Lucy Cane
Section 4: Thinking with and beyond Wolin - Current Democratic Practices and Issues
8. Democracy between Reactionary Tribalism and the Megastate
Iain Webb
9. The Historical Fate of Fugitive Democracy Today
Terry Maley
10. Transformative Sanctuary: Rethinking Fugitive Democracy and Black Fugitivity with Frontline Communities in the Underground Railroad
Romand Coles and Lia Haro
11. Visioning Limits or Unlimited Vision? The Vocation of Political Theory in the Anthropocene
Andrew Biro