Creating Democracy

Auteur

Charles Hersch is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Cleveland State University. He is the author of three books: Democratic Artworks: Politics and the Arts from Trilling to Dylan (1997), Subversive Sounds: Race and the Birth of Jazz in New Orleans (2007), and Jews and Jazz: Improvising Ethnicity (2017), as well as numerous articles.

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Creating Democracy brings into dialogue two important theorists of democracy: Hannah Arendt and Mikhail Bakhtin. This book makes a unique contribution to political theory, the possibility of freedom in modern society, and explores a vision of democracy that is sorely needed in a time threatened by authoritarianism.

Contenu

Preface. Introduction. Part 1: Self and Other 1. Plurality and Individuality: Arendt on Self and Other 2. "A World of Others' Words": Bakhtin on Self and Other Part 2: The Human World 3. Discovered and Created: "The World" in Arendt's Thought 4. "The Threshold, the Door, and the Stairway": "The World" in Bakhtin's Thought Part 3: Conclusion 5. Non-Metaphysical Foundationalism: Arendt, Bakhtin, and Political Theory.