Radical Democracy and Political Theology

by Jeffrey W. Robbins

Book Overview

Alexis de Tocqueville once wrote that "the people reign over the American political world like God over the universe," unwittingly casting democracy as the political instantiation of the death of God. According to Jeffrey W. Robbins, Tocqueville's assessment remains an apt observation of modern democratic power, which does not rest with a sovereign authority but operates as a diffuse social force. By linking radical democratic theory to a contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231156367
• ISBN13: 9780231156363
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher