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Habermas and the crisis of democracy : interviews with leading thinkers
Title
Habermas and the crisis of democracy : interviews with leading thinkers / edited by Emilie Prattico ; includes a foreword by Jürgen Habermas.
ISBN
1003144519 (electronic bk.)
9781003144519 (electronic bk.)
0367700808
0367700824
9780367700805
9780367700829
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
Copyright Notice Date
©2022
Physical Description
1 online resource (xix, 200 pages.)
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Summary
"The continued rise of populism and authoritarianism throughout the world has witnessed an alarming attack on basic democratic freedoms and led to a divided political and social world. Few thinkers have done as much as Jürgen Habermas to understand and critique these problems, perhaps most famously through his notions of the public sphere, deliberative democracy and discourse ethics. In this fascinating book, Emilie Prattico considers the crisis of democracy from a Habermasian standpoint via engaging interviews with an outstanding line up of leading philosophers and thinkers. The following key topics are unpacked and explored: Can some basic rights and liberties be given up to safeguard democracy? With Hauke Brunkhorst, How does actual deliberation confer legitimacy to democratic decisions? With Cristina Lafont, Why is "fake news" a crisis of democracy? With Michael Lynch, How can we build a public sphere together and share it in a world characterized by divisiveness and tribalism? With Barbara Fultner, Can democracy survive without the voice of experts? With Kenneth Baynes, How dangerous are the current forms of authoritarianism we are seeing take hold all over the world? With Maria Pia Lara, What does the public sphere look like with new technologies? With Gertrud Koch, What duties do we owe descendants of slaves and how do we reckon with our antidemocratic and oppressive past? With Lorenzo Simpson. Also including a Foreword by Habermas himself, this book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the challenges facing democracy and liberalism today. It will be of great interest to those in philosophy, sociology and politics as well as related fields such as religion and law"-- Provided by publisher.
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Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Original
Online version: Habermas and the crisis of democracy Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 26, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Can some basic rights and liberties be given up to safeguard democracy? : an interview with Hauke Brunkhorst
How does actual deliberation confer legitimacy to democratic decisions? : an interview with Cristina Lafont
Why is fake news a crisis of democracy? : an interview with Michael Lynch
How can we build a public sphere together and share it in a world characterized by divisiveness and tribalism? : an interview with Barbara Fultner
Can democracy survive without the voice of experts? : an interview with Kenneth Baynes
How dangerous are the current forms of authoritarianism we are seeing take hold all over the world? : an interview with Maria Pia Lara
What does the public sphere look like with new technologies? : an interview with Gertrud Koch
What duties do we owe descendants of slaves and how do we reckon with our antidemocratic and oppressive past? : an interview with Lorenzo Simpson.
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