244 Pages
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Routledge
195 Pages
by
Routledge
195 Pages
by
Routledge
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In an era disgusted with politicians and the various instruments of "direct democracy," Walter Lippmann's The Phantom Public remains as relevant as ever. It reveals Lippmann at a time when he was most critical of the ills of American democracy. Antipopulist in sentiment, this volume defends elitism as a serious and distinctive intellectual option, one with considerable precursors in the... Read more
PART I. THE DISENCHANTED MAN II. THE UNATTAINABLE IDEAL III. AGENTS AND BYSTANDERS. IV . WHAT THE PUBLIC DOES V . THE NEUTRALIZATION OF ARBITRARY FORCE PART II VI. THE QUESTION ARISTOTLE ASKED VII . THE NATURE OF A PROBLEM VIII . SOCIAL CONTRACTS IX . THE TWO QUESTIONS BEFORE THE PUBLIC X . THE MAIN VALUE OF PUBLIC DEBATE XI . THE DEFECTIVE RULE XII. THE CRITERIA OF REFORM XIII. THE PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC OPINION PART III XIV . SOCIETY IN ITS PLACE XV . ABSENTEE RULERS XVI THE REALMS OF DISORDER
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Lippmann, Walter
