John Keane offers an original account of the origins of violence, its consequences, its uses and remedies, and the relationship between violence and democracy. Rejecting the view that "human nature" is violent, Keane demonstrates why democracies do not wage war upon each other, and are unusually sensitive to violence. He emphasizes ethical questions, such as the circumstances in which violence can be justified, and argues that violence can and should be "democratized" and made publicly accountable.
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'Keane's is a learned, at times almost magisterial, book. He writes easily and with grace about a variety of relevant topics from liberal political theory to contemporary apocalyptic terrorism, from Sorel to Muslim fundamentalism. At every turn the reader is taken on a gambit into a relevant literature and comes away braced by the journey. It is descriptively ambitious yet energized by a normative argument. It is as current as today's politics yet in touch with classic traditions in political theory and sociology. As a result, Violence and Democracy is impressive indeed.' Austin D. Sarat, Amherst College, Massachusetts
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Clouds of violence are now rolling across the world. In this book John Keane offers an original account of the origins of violence, its consequences, its uses and remedies, and the relationship between violence and democracy. Rejecting the view that 'human nature' is violent, Keane shows why democracies do not wage war upon each other, and why they are unusually sensitive to violence. Keane emphasises ethical questions, such as the circumstances in which violence can be justified, and argues that violence can and should be 'democratised' and made publicly accountable.
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New York, United States, Cold War, World War, Global Civil Society, John Keane, Norbert Elias, Hannah Arendt, George Orwell, Jonathan Swift, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Early Modern Europe, Ahmad Shawqi, Ernst Jünger, British Empire, Pierre Clastres, Rachid Al-Ghannouchi, Adam Michnik, Sierra Leone, Adam Ferguson, Bilal Fahs, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, First Principles, René Girard, Pierre Hassner Browse Sample Pages:
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New York, United States, Cold War, World War, Global Civil Society, John Keane, Norbert Elias, Hannah Arendt, George Orwell, Jonathan Swift, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Early Modern Europe, Ahmad Shawqi, Ernst Jünger, British Empire, Pierre Clastres, Rachid Al-Ghannouchi, Adam Michnik, Sierra Leone, Adam Ferguson, Bilal Fahs, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, First Principles, René Girard, Pierre Hassner Browse Sample Pages:
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- Violence and Democracy (Contemporary Political Theory) by John Keane in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Civil Society: Berlin Perspectives (European Civil Society) by John Keane on page 163, and Back Matter
- Communism and the Emergence of Democracy by Harald Wydra on page 286, and page 288
- The Idea of the State (Contemporary Political Theory) by Peter J. Steinberger in Front Matter
- Globalization Theory: Approaches and Controversies by Anthony McGrew on page 38
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