In A Nietzschean Defense of Democracy, Hatab offers a new, postmodern account of democracy, freed from the traditional assumptions embodied in the Enlightenment project. Hatab advances a two-fold argument: first, that Nietzsche was wrong to repudiate democracy since democratic politics can be more amenable to his way of thinking than he imagined; second, Nietzsche was right to critique fundamental flaws in traditional democratic theory, especially the modernist emphasis on human equality, rational subjectivity, and natural rights.
In A Nietzschean Defense of Democracy, Hatab offers a new, postmodern account of democracy, freed from the traditional assumptions embodied in the Enlightenment project. Hatab advances a two-fold argument: first, that Nietzsche was wrong to repudiate democracy since democratic politics can be more amenable to his way of thinking than he imagined; second, Nietzsche was right to critique fundamental flaws in traditional democratic theory, especially the modernist emphasis on human equality, rational subjectivity, and natural rights.
A Nietzschean Defense of Democracy: An Experiment in Postmodern Politics
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A Nietzschean Defense of Democracy: An Experiment in Postmodern Politics
325
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812692952 |
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| Publisher: | Open Court Publishing Company |
| Publication date: | 10/28/1999 |
| Pages: | 325 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.25(w) x 9.25(h) x (d) |