Against the masses : varieties of anti-democratic thought since the French Revolution /

Adopting a thematic and historical approach, Joseph Femia provides a detailed analysis of the anti-democratic tradition in Western thought. It highlights the fatalism and pessimism of anti-democratic thinkers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Femia, Joseph V.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Subjects:	Democracy > History. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy. Democracy Demokratie Democratie. Tegenstanders. Theorieën. Electronic books. History
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction and preview
2. The perversity thesis
3. The futility thesis
4. The jeopardy thesis
5. Conclusion.