Reason and democracy

Reason and democracy

Reason and Democracy breaks new ground in providing a plausible philosophical basis for the communitarian view of a healthy democracy as the rational pursuit of common purposes by free and equal citizens. Thomas A. Spragens Jr. argues that the most persistent paradigms of Western political rationali...

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Main Author: Spragens, Thomas A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, NC Duke University Press 1990
Subjects:
Democracy
Reason
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