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Democracy naturalized : in search of the individual in the post-truth condition
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Fuller, Steve (2021) Democracy naturalized : in search of the individual in the post-truth condition. Analyse & Kritik, 43 (2). pp. 351-366. doi:10.1515/auk-2021-0018 ISSN 2365-9858.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/auk-2021-0018
Abstract
This article takes a ‘naturalistic’ look at the historically changing nature of the individual and its implications for the terms on which democracy might be realized, starting from classical Athens, moving through early debates in evolutionary theory, to contemporary moral and political thought. Generally speaking, liberal democracy sees individuality as the mark of an evolutionarily mature species, whereas socialist democracy sees it as the mark of an evolutionary immature species. Overall, the individual has been ‘de-naturalized’ over time, resulting in the indeterminate figure who thrives in the post-truth condition.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics J Political Science > JC Political theory |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Democracy -- Philosophy, Individuation (Philosophy), Truthfulness and falsehood | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Analyse & Kritik | ||||
Publisher: | Walter de Gruyter GmbH | ||||
ISSN: | 2365-9858 | ||||
Official Date: | 22 December 2021 | ||||
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Volume: | 43 | ||||
Number: | 2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 351-366 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1515/auk-2021-0018 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 9 March 2022 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 March 2022 |
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