Levin traces the century and a half between the American and French revolutions and the end of the First World War, a key period for public debate over democratization. Examining the writings and ideology of a variety of anti-democratic thinkers, he illustrates how arguments for franchise extention had to contend with a deeply entrenched antipathy to democratic ideas. Only if we resurrect expressions of this opposition, he argues, and recall the dominant values that democracy challenged, are we able to understand the ...
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Levin traces the century and a half between the American and French revolutions and the end of the First World War, a key period for public debate over democratization. Examining the writings and ideology of a variety of anti-democratic thinkers, he illustrates how arguments for franchise extention had to contend with a deeply entrenched antipathy to democratic ideas. Only if we resurrect expressions of this opposition, he argues, and recall the dominant values that democracy challenged, are we able to understand the historical and ideological context from which modern western values and institutions emerged.
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Good in Very Good jacket. Has highlighting/underlining in green marker on approx. 45 pages, and former owner's name in marker on front free endpaper. A "review copy" slip from the publisher is laid-in.
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Fair in Good jacket. Size: 8x5x1; Hardcover with jacket. Cover clean. Ink name on front endpaper and red ink underlining to introduction, else interior clean and tight. Jacket has minor shelf wear.
