The Tyranny of the Moderns By Nadia Urbinati 9780300182774 (Hardback)

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The Tyranny of the Moderns : Yale University Press : 9780300182774 : 0300182775 : 03 Mar 2015 : "In a well-reasoned and thought-provoking polemic, respected political theorist Nadia Urbinati explores a profound shift in the ideology of individualism, from the ethical nineteenth-century standard, in which each person cooperates with others as equalsfor the betterment of their lives and the community, to the contemporary "I don't give a damn" maxim. Identifying this "tyranny of the moderns" as the most radical risk that modern democracy currently faces, the author examines the critical necessity of reestablishing the role of the individual citizen as a free and equal agent of democratic society"--

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