Hannah Arendt is considered to be one of the seminal political thinkers of the 20th century. This study provides a systematic introduction to her political thought. The author uncovers the four major concepts underpinning Arendt's work: Modernity, action, judgement and citizenship. Reconstructing and evaluating her contribution to political thought, he is able to illustrate her importance to current debates of a truly democratic political culture.

One of the most remarkable developments in the last twenty years has been the revival of the idea of deliberative democracy. Set against models of democracy derived from economics, such as the theory of rational choice, the idea of decision-making based on public deliberations among free and equal citizens, represents a highly significant development in democratic theory. This book explores this development, providing a fresh and original perspective on a theme at the center of current debates in democratic theory and practice. Such debates have originated in response to growing demands for...

This collection of ten essays offers the first systematic assessment of JUrgen Habermas's "Philosophical Discourse of Modernity," a book that defended the rational potential of the modern age against the depiction of modernity as a spent epoch. The essays (of which four are newly commissioned, five were published in the journal "Praxis International," and one -- by Habermas -- first appeared in translation in "New Critique" ) are divided into two sections: "Critical Rejoinders" and "Thematic Reformulations." An opening essay by d'EntrE ves sets out the main issues and orients the debate...

This collection of ten essays offers the first systematic assessment of JUrgen Habermas's "Philosophical Discourse of Modernity," a book that defended the rational potential of the modern age against the depiction of modernity as a spent epoch. The essays (of which four are newly commissioned, five were published in the journal "Praxis International," and one -- by Habermas -- first appeared in translation in "New Critique" ) are divided into two sections: "Critical Rejoinders" and "Thematic Reformulations." An opening essay by d'EntrE ves sets out the main issues and orients the debate...