Description: Democracy, Populism, and Truth, Paperback by Navin, Mark Christopher (EDT); Nunan, Richard (EDT), ISBN 3030434265, ISBN-13 9783030434267, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This book tackles questions related to democracy, populism and truth, with results that are sure to inform pressing academic and popular debates. It is common to describe many of today’s most energizing politicians and political movements as populist. Some are progressive advocates of greater economic democracy or individual rights, while others are recognizably authoritarian and anti-democratic, even while claiming to defend democracy. What all populist leaders share in common is a rhetorical approach: their ability to articulate, or at least profess to channel, the wishes of 'the people’, a group that populist leaders claim a unique ability to understand and govern, especially with regard to their dissatisfaction with ruling elites. They decry corruption (although not necessarily with any sincerity), and they sometimes identify more mainstream politicians and bureaucrats as 'enemies of the people.’ The rise of populist politics raises pressing questions about the nature of populism, but also about relationships between populism and democratic institutions. For example, is populism ever a democratic tendency, or does its invocation of a monolithic demos ('the people’) signify a fundamentally anti-democratic worldview? Populist political rhetoric also raises concerns about the relationship between truth, democracy, and journalistic integrity. While the history of anti-democratic advocacy (famously illustrated by Plato) has often highlighted the tendency of a democratic style of politics to prioritize popularity over truth, the development of social media—and evolving norms of journalistic communication and public political discourse—raise these misgivings in new forms.
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Book Title: Democracy, Populism, and Truth
Number of Pages: VI, 268 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
Publication Year: 2021
Topic: General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Law, Philosophy, Political Science
Item Weight: 15.1 Oz
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Richard Nunan
Item Width: 6.1 in
Book Series: Amintaphil: the Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
