Abstract
In this chapter the aim is twofold: to reckon with the present paradigms of “globalization” and “technologization” that pose novel problems of magnitude for democracy, and to delineate the crux of the historical-political problems that obtain under these paradigms. Schmidt asks: Can democracy today adapt its power and escape its totalizing tendencies such that the singularity of the individual is recovered and meaningfully sustained?
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Philosophy and the Return of Violence: Studies from this Widening Gyre |
Editors | Nathan Eckstrand, Christopher Yates |
Place of Publication | U.K. |
Publisher | Continuum |
Pages | 31-43 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781441152725 |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- democracy
- philosophy
- violence