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THE GARDEN OF DEMOCRATIC DELIGHTS
FOR A PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL READING OF PLURALIST SYSTEMS |
| By: |
Philippe Braud, Jeffrey Reid (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£55.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0275957489 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780275957483 |
| Publisher: |
ABC-CLIO |
| Pub. date: |
30 October, 1998 |
| Pages: |
184 |
| Translated from: |
French |
| Description: |
Pluralist democratic systems, according to the author, do not do what they claim to do, but, rather, serve to channel, diffuse, or reconcile society's conflicts. He asserts in this book that pluralist democracy is credible only because of the failure of communism. |
| Synopsis: |
Pluralist democratic systems, according to Philipe Braud, do not do what they claim to do, but rather, serve to channel, diffuse, or reconcile society's conflicts. As one reviewer of the original French edition notes, the book can be seen as part of a long tradition in European political thought that sees democracy as a front for capitalism. Braud asserts that pluralist democracy is credible only because of the complete failure of communism. There is no government by the people; the rule of law is a tautology. What fundamental changes occur happen because of the forces of economics, culture, and labor, and in response to political direction. The efficacy of democracy comes from its ability to manage social emotions, specifically by addressing anguish with promises of security and identity: by meeting the need to be wooed and seduced by constant personalization of politics, offering the illusion of choice; by transposing the frustrations of gender, age, and class inequalities into the political domain; by providing pleasure in the game of politics; and by promising greed, power, and its prerequisites.Pluralist democracies know best how to manage these emotions, and how to use them without suffocating them. A powerful and disturbing vision of pluralist democracy that will be of great interest to students and scholars of contemporary political thought. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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