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Radical Democracy

Paperback • 1996 • English • 1. edition

Radical Democracy

By Douglas C. Lummis

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About the book

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 d...Show more

Political science and theory
Political structures: democracy
Political control and freedoms

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ISBN

9780801484513

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published year

1996

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Radical Democracy

Format

Paperback

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