Fugitive Democracy: And Other Essays
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Fugitive Democracy: And Other Essays
By (Author) Sheldon S. Wolin
Edited by Nicholas Xenos
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th November 2016
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Political structures: democracy
320.01
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Hardback
520
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
794g
Description
Sheldon Wolin was one of the most influential and original political thinkers of the past fifty years. Fugitive Democracy brings together his most important writings, from classic essays such as "Political Theory as a Vocation," written amid the Cold War and the conflict in Vietnam, to his late radical essays on American democracy such as "Fugitive
Reviews
"These essays are stunning. No one speaks for democracy as Wolin does."Anne Norton, author of On the Muslim Question
"This collection is long overdue. Fugitive Democracy is a book that every current and future political theorist and political philosopher should own."Melissa A. Orlie, author of Living Ethically, Acting Politically
Author Bio
Sheldon S. Wolin (1922-2015) was professor emeritus of politics at Princeton University. His books include Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought and Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism (both Princeton). Nicholas Xenos is professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His books include Cloaked in Virtue: Unveiling Leo Strauss and the Rhetoric of American Foreign Policy.
