The tyranny of the moderns /
Urbinati, Nadia, 1955-
The tyranny of the moderns / Nadia Urbinati ; translated by Martin Thom. - New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2015. - 217 p. ; 22 cm.
Originally published in Italian under title: Liberi e uguali.
Introduction --
Ch. 1. Democratic Individualism --
Ch. 2. Private Happiness --
Ch. 3. An "Ism" to Be Used with Caution --
Ch. 4. A Brief History of Individualism --
Ch. 5. The Individual against Politics --
Ch. 6. Economic Individualism --
Ch. 7. Apathy and Solitude --
Ch. 8. Identitarian Community --
Ch. 9. Regeneration --
Ch. 10. Judgment and Disagreement.
This book explores a profound shift in the ideology of individualism, from the ethical nineteenth-century standard, in which each person cooperates with others as equals for 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 book examines the critical necessity of reestablishing the role of the individual citizen as a free and equal agent of democratic society.
9780300182774
Individualism--Political aspects
Democracy
320.51
The tyranny of the moderns / Nadia Urbinati ; translated by Martin Thom. - New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2015. - 217 p. ; 22 cm.
Originally published in Italian under title: Liberi e uguali.
Introduction --
Ch. 1. Democratic Individualism --
Ch. 2. Private Happiness --
Ch. 3. An "Ism" to Be Used with Caution --
Ch. 4. A Brief History of Individualism --
Ch. 5. The Individual against Politics --
Ch. 6. Economic Individualism --
Ch. 7. Apathy and Solitude --
Ch. 8. Identitarian Community --
Ch. 9. Regeneration --
Ch. 10. Judgment and Disagreement.
This book explores a profound shift in the ideology of individualism, from the ethical nineteenth-century standard, in which each person cooperates with others as equals for 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 book examines the critical necessity of reestablishing the role of the individual citizen as a free and equal agent of democratic society.
9780300182774
Individualism--Political aspects
Democracy
320.51