Civic Republicanism and the Properties of Democracy

Informationen zum Autor By Erik J. Olsen Klappentext Taking the revival of civic republicanism as his point of departure, Erik Olsen examines the relationship between property, civic virtue, and democracy in post-socialist political thought. Steering a course between the crass materialism that post-socialists criticize and their own post-materialist perspective, Olsen outlines a theory of democratic stakeholding in which citizens have rights of inhabitation in their commonwealth. Zusammenfassung Taking the revival of civic republicanism as his point of departure! the author examines the relationship between property! civic virtue! and democracy in post-socialist political thought! and outlines a theory of democratic stakeholding in which citizens have rights of inhabitation in their commonwealth. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Points of Departure Chapter 3 Beyond the Displacement of Property: Towards an Ethical Materialism Chapter 4 Rethinking the Properties of the Situated Self Chapter 5 The Problem of a Commercial Republic in Historical Perspective Chapter 6 Property! Authority! and the Oppositionist Moment of Progressive Modernity Chapter 7 Hannah Arendt and the Disintegration of Property Chapter 8 Conclusion: Towards a Democratic Theory of Property

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By Erik J. Olsen

Klappentext

Taking the revival of civic republicanism as his point of departure, Erik Olsen examines the relationship between property, civic virtue, and democracy in post-socialist political thought. Steering a course between the crass materialism that post-socialists criticize and their own post-materialist perspective, Olsen outlines a theory of democratic stakeholding in which citizens have rights of inhabitation in their commonwealth.

Zusammenfassung
Taking the revival of civic republicanism as his point of departure, the author examines the relationship between property, civic virtue, and democracy in post-socialist political thought, and outlines a theory of democratic stakeholding in which citizens have rights of inhabitation in their commonwealth.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Points of Departure Chapter 3 Beyond the Displacement of Property: Towards an Ethical Materialism Chapter 4 Rethinking the Properties of the Situated Self Chapter 5 The Problem of a Commercial Republic in Historical Perspective Chapter 6 Property, Authority, and the Oppositionist Moment of Progressive Modernity Chapter 7 Hannah Arendt and the Disintegration of Property Chapter 8 Conclusion: Towards a Democratic Theory of Property