Democracy in dark times / Jeffrey C. Isaac.

Author/creator Isaac, Jeffrey C., 1957-
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, ©1998.
Descriptionxii, 250 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction. Democracy in hard times -- The return of the repressed : or, The limits of "democratic theory" -- The strange silence of political theory -- Hannah Arendt as dissenting intellectual -- A new guarantee on earth : human dignity and the politics of human rights -- Oases in the desert : Hannah Arendt on democratic politics -- The poverty of progressivism -- The meanings of 1989 -- The pathos of modern freedom.
Local noteLittle-314297--3051310249982
General noteIncludes chapters previously published in other works.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 203-243) and index.
LCCN 97025969
ISBN0801434424 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0801484545 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks JC423 .I77 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold