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Individuality and Mass Democracy: Mill, Emerson, and the Burdens of Citizenship

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Individuality and Mass Democracy: Mill, Emerson, and the Burdens of Citizenship - Zakaras, Alex
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Modern mass democracies are presently threatened by the political indiffernece of their citizens. Alex Zakaras argues that the nineteenth-century ideal of individuality suggests a response to this indifference and a way of understanding the burdens of contemporary citizenship. In exploring this idea, he turns to a pair of philosophers--John Stuart Mill and Ralp Waldo Emerson--who were among the first to confront the specific challenge of making mass democracy work.

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Individuality and Mass Democracy: Mill, Emerson, and the Burdens of Citizenship 2009, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780195384680

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