Political Grammars: The Unconscious Foundations of Modern Democracy

by Davide Tarizzo

Book Overview

Do we need to be a "people," populus, in order to embrace democracy and live together in peace? If so, what is a populus? Is it by definition a nation? What exactly do we mean by nationality?

In this book, Davide Tarizzo takes up the problem of modern democratic, liberal peoples--how to define them, how to explain their invariance over time, and how to differentiate one people from another. Specifically, Tarizzo proposes that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503615316
• ISBN13: 9781503615311
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"