TY  - GEN
T1  - Radical democracy
T2  - Book collections on Project MUSE.
A1  - Lummis, C. Douglas, 1936-
LA  - English
PP  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
YR  - 1996
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn682101986
AB  - C. Douglas Lummis writes as if he were talking with intelligent friends rather than articulating political theory. He reminds us that democracy literally means a political state in which the people (demos) have the power (kratia). The people referred to are not people of a certain class or gender or color. They are, in fact, the poorest and largest body of citizens. Democracy is and always has been the most radical proposal, and constitutes a critique of every sort of centralized power. Lummis distinguishes true democracy from the inequitable incarnations referred to in contemporary liberal usage. He weaves commentary on classic texts with personal anecdotes and reflections on current events. Writing from Japan and drawing on his own experience in the Philippines at the height of People's Power, Lummis brings a cross-cultural perspective to issues such as economic development and popular mobilization. He warns against the fallacy of associating free markets or the current world economic order with democracy and argues for transborder democratic action. Rejecting the ways in which technology imposes its own needs, Lummis asks what work would look like in a truly democratic society. He urges us to remember that democracy should mean a fundamental stance toward the world and toward one's fellow human beings. So understood, it offers an effective cure for what he terms "the social disease called political cynicism." Feisty and provocative, Radical Democracy is sure to inspire debate
OP  - 185
CN  - JC421 .L86 1996
SN  - 9781501712982
SN  - 1501712985
SN  - 9781501712999
SN  - 1501712993
SN  - 0801431697
SN  - 9780801431692
SN  - 0801484510
SN  - 9780801484513
KW  - Democracy.
KW  - Radicalism.
KW  - World politics.
KW  - Radicalisme.
KW  - Politique mondiale.
KW  - radicalism.
KW  - 89.35 democracy.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : General.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Ideologies : Democracy.
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Radicalism
KW  - World politics
KW  - Democratie.
ER  -