Living under Post-Democracy: Citizenship in Fleetingly Democratic Times [1 ed.] 0367322331, 9780367322335

Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Introduction
A Brief History of Democracy
Democracy in Despair
Contemporary, Mass “Democracy”
Introducing Post-Democracy
Plan of the Book
2. What is Post-Democracy?
Democratic Failure
Democratic Values
Democratic Sovereignty
Democratic Tradition and Culture
The Problem of Post-Democracy
3. Idealism, Realism, and Acknowledgment
Democratic Idealism
Inexorable Idealism
Democratic Realism
Acknowledging Post-Democracy
4. Post-Democratic Political Philosophy
Fear and Loathing under Post-Democracy
Philosophy as Therapy
Political Philosophy as Therapy
Post-Democracy and Pessimism
Confronting Post-Democracy
5. Post-Democratic Citizenship
Post-Democratic Political Domination
Hobbesian Inroads into Post-Democratic Philosophy
The Subject and the Servant
Democratic Hope and Post-Democratic Fear
A Post-Democratic Political Logic
6. Post-Democratic Participation
Three Approaches to (Pseudo-)Political Activity
Post-Democracy in Practice
The Politics of Post-Democracy
7. Conclusion
Index