The concept of democracy : an essay on conceptual amelioration and abandonment /

"If we don't know what the words “democracy” and “democratic” mean, then we don't know what democracy is. This book defends a radical view: these words mean nothing and should be abandoned. The argument for abolitionism is simple: those terms are defective and we can easily do better,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cappelen, Herman (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Democracy > Philosophy. Political science > Philosophy. Démocratie locale > Philosophie. Political. PHILOSOPHY. History & Theory. POLITICAL SCIENCE. Democracy > Philosophy Political science > Philosophy Politics & government. Politics and Government. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

I. A theory of abandonment Introduction
Arguments for abandonment
Abandonment compared to elimination, reduction, replacement, and amelioration
Abandonment and communication
II. Some data about "democracy". The ordinary notion of "democracy" : methodological preamble
Some data about "democracy" and "democratic"
III. Abandonment of "democracy"? Problems with "democracy"
Better than "democracy" : a chapter of good cheer
Consequences of abandoning "democracy"
IV. "Democracy" ameliorated
Ameliorations of "democracy"
Verbal disputes about "democracy"
V. Efforts to defend "democracy" Objections and replies.