The Tyranny of the Majority: History, Concepts, and Challenges

ISBN-13: 9780367592998 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 160 str.

Tamás Nyirkos

Opis

Tamás Nyirkos provides a timely and essential reassessment of the concept of the ‘tyranny of the majority’ for the study of democracy today.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Greek Origins  2. The Medieval Laboratory  3. A Majoritarian Liberal  4. General Will and True Democracy  5. Revolution in the Crossfire  6. America Before Tocqueville  7. Tocqueville’s Synthesis  8. Individuals and Elites  9. The Contested Triumph of Liberal Democracy  10. A Brief Ontological Detour  11. Populism, Illiberal Democracy, Post-democracy  12. The Postmodern Challenge  Conclusion

O autorze

Tamás Nyirkos is a Senior Lecturer in the Institute of International Studies and Political Science of Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary. His research interests include democratic theory, politics and religion, and the origins of modern political philosophies. In 2014 and 2015 he taught classes on Tocqueville at the Catholic University of Portugal and the University of Lapland. He is a member of the Public Board of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.