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9780773732827

The Trouble With Democracy: A Citizen Speaks Out

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  • ISBN13:

    9780773732827

  • ISBN10:

    0773732829

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-03-01
  • Publisher: Stoddart Pub
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Summary

William D. Gairdner, having laid bare the politics and ideology of one nation in The Trouble with Canada and the moral and social issues facing the family in The War Against the Family, now turns his attention to the deepest underlying forces within the Western democracies themselves in this profound and compelling new book, The Trouble with Democracy.

Author Biography

William D. Gairdner, Ph.D., is a former Olympic athlete and professor of English, and the bestselling author of seven books

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1(8)
Unpacking the Myth of Democracy
9(32)
Freedom, Democracy, Slavery
41(46)
Democracy, the Gnostic Impulse, and the State of Nature
87(34)
Democracy and the Politics of Perfection
121(28)
Power, Freedom, Romanticism: The Secular Roots of Modern Democracy
149(46)
The Longing for Total Democracy
195(44)
Democracy and the Slaughterhouse of History: Attacking Society from Above
239(54)
The Road to Hyperdemocracy
293(52)
Democracy against Community: Attacking Society from Below
345(44)
Hyperdemocracy and the Politics of Sex: Resolving the Contradiction Between Individualism and Collectivism
389(58)
Some Problems and Paradoxes of Democracy, and Some Conclusions
447(44)
Notes 491(36)
Index 527

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