The ideology of democratism /

"The Ideology of Democratism argues that history's most vocal champions of democracy from Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Jefferson to John Rawls put forth an interpretation of democracy that effectively transforms the meaning of "rule by the people" into its opposite. Making us...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Finley, Emily B. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:	Democracy > History. Democracy > Philosophy. Political. PHILOSOPHY. Comparative Politics. POLITICAL SCIENCE. History & Theory. Democracy > Philosophy Democracy Electronic books. History
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover
The Ideology of Democratism
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Rousseau Sets the Tone
2. Toward a Definition of Democratism
3. Thomas Jefferson and an Empire of Liberty
4. Woodrow Wilson: To Make the World Safe for Democracy
5. Jacques Maritain: Catholicism under the Influence of Democratism
6. Deliberative Democratism
7. War Democratism
8. Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index