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Book Synopsis
This book describes democracy as a contest of values. Equality and liberty, like justice and fairness, are among our ultimate ideals, but no single value is supreme.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1 Democracy and Value Pluralism

2 What Is the People? A Conceptual History of Civil Society

3 From Ancient Virtues to Modern Values: Positive Liberty and the Creative Will

4 The Teleology of Modern Time: Negative Liberty and Human Nature

5 Splitting the Individual: The Subatomic Values of Liberalism

6 Conservatism and the Temporal Order

7 Socialism and the Power of Social Unity

8 Democracy as a Pattern of Disagreement

References

Index

Democracy

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: 15/12/2000
      ISBN13: 9780774808026, 978-0774808026
      ISBN10: 0774808020
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      Democracy History of ideas Social and political philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book describes democracy as a contest of values. Equality and liberty, like justice and fairness, are among our ultimate ideals, but no single value is supreme.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments

      1 Democracy and Value Pluralism

      2 What Is the People? A Conceptual History of Civil Society

      3 From Ancient Virtues to Modern Values: Positive Liberty and the Creative Will

      4 The Teleology of Modern Time: Negative Liberty and Human Nature

      5 Splitting the Individual: The Subatomic Values of Liberalism

      6 Conservatism and the Temporal Order

      7 Socialism and the Power of Social Unity

      8 Democracy as a Pattern of Disagreement

      References

      Index

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