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Setting the People Free: The Story of Democracy, Second Edition by Dunn
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- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “Used book in good condition. Shows typical wear. Quick shipping. Satisfaction guaranteed!”
- Book Title
- Setting the People Free: The Story of Democracy, Second Edition
- Topic
- Political
- Narrative Type
- Political
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- ISBN
- 9780691180038
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691180032
ISBN-13
9780691180038
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038715407
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Setting the People Free : the Story of Democracy, Second Edition
Subject
History & Theory, Political, Political Ideologies / Democracy
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Philosophy
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
12.1 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2018-946519
Preface by
Dunn, John
Reviews
"Dunn wears his erudition lightly and writes clearly and freshly about some of politics' most venerable questions.... Blows a gust of fresh air through the cobwebbed byways of political thought." --John Gray, Independent, "John Dunn's book is much more than a history of democratic ideas.... [It is] among the most original and thought-provoking books on politics to have been published in England for many years, written in a spare, incisive English style which at its best is worthy of Hobbes." --John Sumption, Spectator, "John Dunn has given us a rare thing: an intellectually aristocratic book written for a profoundly democratic age." --Sunil Khilnani, Financial Times, "John Dunn's book is much more than a history of democratic ideas.... [It is] among the most original and thought-provoking books on politics to have been published in England for many years, written in a spare, incisive English style which at its best is worthy of Hobbes." --Jonathan Sumption, Spectator
Synopsis
Why does democracy--as a word and as an idea--loom so large in the political imagination, though it has so often been misused and misunderstood? Setting the People Free starts by tracing the roots of democracy from an improvised remedy for a local Greek difficulty 2,500 years ago, through its near extinction, to its rebirth amid the struggles of the French Revolution. Celebrated political theorist John Dunn then charts the slow but insistent metamorphosis of democracy over the next 150 years and its apparently overwhelming triumph since 1945. He examines the differences and the extraordinary continuities that modern democratic states share with their Greek antecedents and explains why democracy evokes intellectual and moral scorn for some, and vital allegiance from others. Now with a new preface and conclusion that ground this landmark work firmly in the present, Setting the People Free is a unique and brilliant account of an extraordinary idea.
LC Classification Number
JC421
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