Hatred of democracy
By: Jacques Rancière ; translated by Steve Corcoran
Contributors: Corcoran, Steve, translator
Series: Radical thinkers; Radical thinkers
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9781781681503
Subjects: Democracy; Philosophy; Political sociology; Political science; Politics and Government
Description: In this vehement defense of the principle of democracy, Jacques Ranciere argues that the West can no longer simply extol the virtues of democracy by contrasting it with the horrors of totalitarianism. With Western governments exporting democracy via brute force, and reactionary strands in mainstream political opinion willing to abandon civil liberties, Ranciere argues that true democracy-government by all-represents a challenge to all elitist forms of power, which has earned it the fear and hatred of the new ruling class. In a compelling and timely analysis, Hatred of Democracy rethinks the subversive power of the democratic ideal.

Social & Political Philosophy.

Political Structures: Democracy.
Notes: First published in French as "La haine de la democratie" by La Fabrique, 2005. Previous English edition published: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-104) and index.

Translated from the French.