Democracy and the Politics of the Extraordinary: Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, and Hannah Arendt

by Andreas Kalyvas

Book Overview

Although the modern age is often described as the age of democratic revolutions, the subject of popular founding has not captured the imagination of contemporary political thought. Most of the time, democratic theory and political science treat as the object of their inquiry normal politics, institutionalized power, and consolidated democracies. This study shows why it is important for democratic theory to rethink the question of democracy's beginnings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521133416
• ISBN13: 9780521133418
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"