Individuality and Mass Democracy
Author | : Alex Zakaras |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2009 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195384680 |
ISBN-13 | : 0195384687 |
Rating | : 4/5 (687 Downloads) |
Download or read book Individuality and Mass Democracy written by Alex Zakaras and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex Zakaras argues that we must develop an ideal of citizenship suitable for mass society. To do so, he turns to a pair of 19th-century philosophers - John Stuart Mill and Ralph Waldo Emerson - who were among the first to confront the specific challenge of making mass democracy work.