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The Democracy Reader : From Classical to Contemporary Philosophy / edited by Steve M. Cahn, City University of New York, Andrew T. Forcehimes, Nanyang Technological University, Robert B. Talisse, Vanderbilt University. - pages cm

Contents
Preface;
Introduction;
PartI. CLASSIC SOURCES;
Ch01. Funeral Oration;
Ch02. Crito;
Ch03. The Republic;
Ch04. Politics;
Ch05. The Works of Mencius;
Ch06. The Discourses;
Ch07. Leviathan;
Ch08. Theologico-Political Treatise;
Ch09. Second Treatise of Government;
Ch10. Letter Concerning Toleration;
Ch11. Of the Social Contract;
Ch12. Speech to the Electors of Bristol;
Ch13. The Declaration of Independence;
Ch14. The Constitution of the United States;
Ch15. The Federalist Papers;
Ch16. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen;
Ch17. Democracy in America;
Ch18. Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844;
Ch19. What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?;
Ch20. Gettysburg Address;
Ch21. Second Inaugural Address;
Ch22. On Liberty;
Ch23. Considerations on Representative Government;
Ch24. The Solitude of Self;
Ch25. Of the Ruling of Men;
Ch26. Democracy;
Ch27. The Idea of Public Reason Revisited;
PartII. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES;
A. JUSTIFICATION;
Ch28. Democracy Is Not Intrinsically Just;
Ch29. Democracy: Instrumental vs. Non-Instrumental Value;
B. DELIBERATION;
Ch30. Toward a Deliberative Model of Democratic Legitimacy;
Ch31. The Epistemic Dimension of Democratic Authority;
C. VOTING;
Ch32. Polluting the Polls: When Citizens Should Not Vote;
Ch33. Being a Good Samaritan Requires You to Vote;
D. CHALLENGES;
Ch34. Activist Challenges to Deliberative Democracy;
Ch35. Polarization and Democratic Citizenship;
Notes;
Index;
About the Editors

"This timely anthology gathers forty historical and contemporary treatments of democracy. Short introductions precede each reading and a general introduction increase student comprehension across the spectrum of readings. The volume is ideal for both the undergraduate and graduate students in political theory and philosophy courses"--

ISBN: 9781538157558

LCCN: 2021041208

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Democracy--Textbooks.
Democracy--History.

LC Class. No.: JC423 / .D381247 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 321.8 CAH