{"product_id":"the-epistemology-of-democracy-9781032317250","title":"The Epistemology of Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first edited scholarly collection devoted solely to the epistemology of democracy. Its fifteen chapters, published here for the first time and written by an international team of leading researchers, will interest scholars and advanced students working in democratic theory, the harrowing crisis of democracy, political philosophy, social epistemology, and political epistemology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume is structured into three parts, each offering five chapters. The first part, \u003cb\u003eDemocratic Pessimism\u003c\/b\u003e, covers the crisis of democracy, the rise of authoritarianism, public epistemic vices, misinformation and disinformation, civic ignorance, and the lacking quantitative case for democratic decision-making. The second part, \u003cb\u003eDemocratic Optimism\u003c\/b\u003e, discusses the role of hope and positive emotions in rebuilding democracy, proposes solutions to myside bias, and criticizes dominant epistocratic approaches to forming political administrations. The third and final part, \u003cb\u003eDemocrat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: What the Epistemology of Democracy Is All About\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHana Samaržija\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Democratic Pessimism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Sexy but Wrong: Diversity Theorem Defenses of Democracy\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason Brennan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. A Belated Failure: Condorcet in Contemporary Epistemic Conditions\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHana Samaržija\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Social Epistemic Miserliness: Populism against Democracy\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNenad Miščević\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Critical Thinking and Trusting Experts in Real-life Democracies\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSnježana Prijić Samaržija\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. The Dangers of Disinformation\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eÅsa Wikforss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Democratic Optimism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. The Politics of Resentment: Hope, Mistrust, and Polarisation\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlessandra Tanesini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Against the Individual Virtue Approach in the Epistemology of Democracy\u003cbr\u003eMarko Luka Zubčić\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Institutional Cynicism and Civic Virtue\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan James Kidd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Myside Bias in Individuals and Institutions\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeith Stanovich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Listening for Epistemic Community\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHanna Kiri Gunn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: Democratic Realism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Sensemaking, Empathy, and Democracy\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuassim Cassam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Political Skepticism, Bias, and Epistemic Colonization\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael P. Lynch \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Economic Inequalities and Epistemic Democracy\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIvan Cerovac\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. What Political Enemies Are for\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert B. Talisse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Top-Down and Bottom-Up Solutions to the Problem of Political Ignorance\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIlya Somin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018970988887,"sku":"9781032317250","price":118.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032317250.jpg?v=1750778863","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-epistemology-of-democracy-9781032317250","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}