Democracy's Dangers & Discontents
The Tyranny of the Majority from the Greeks to Obama
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Word Count
51,250 words, Guess
Page Count
205 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27537760M
- ISBN-139780817917944
- ISBN-100817917942
- OCLC Control Number880566581
- Amazon0817917942
Classifications
- LCCJC423.T448 2014
Description
By democracy we usually mean a government comprising popular rule, individual human rights and freedom, and a free-market economy. Yet the flaws in traditional Athenian democracy can instruct us on the weaknesses of that first element of modern democracies shared with Athens: rule by all citizens equally. In Democracy's Dangers & Discontents, Bruce Thornton discusses those criticisms first aired by ancient critics of Athenian democracy, then traces the historical process by which the Republic of the founders has evolved into something similar to ancient democracy, and finally argues for the relevance of those critiques to contemporary American policy.
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