Thinking About Democracy in Turbulent Times: Sorbonne Lectures

The era when theorists could urge democrats to whistle their way through the world with an air of 'philosophical superficiality and light—mindedness' (Richard Rorty) is over. In a period of mounting global anxiety and widespread political unrest about democracy’s future, the moment has come for more thinking about thinking, and for considering the surprising connections between thinking and democracy. This book provocatively encourages readers to pose afresh key questions — what does it mea...