This volume explores democracy in the 20th century, examining the triumph, crises, recovery, and resilience of democracy and its associated cultures in this period. From 1920 democracy became the hegemonic discourse in political cultures, to the extent that even its enemies claimed its legacy. The end of empires ushered in an unprecedented globalization of democratic aspirations. Barriers of gender and race were gradually removed, and greater equality gave new meaning to citizenship. Yet, already in 1922 democracy was on its back foot with the rise of fascism. Even after the latter’s defeat in 1945, liberal democracy died wherever communist democracy triumphed. The situation changed again from 1989, but democratic hubris was then checked by the rise of a new enemy—populism. The paradox is that the century of democracy’s triumph was also that of its near final defeat, while the peace and stability that everybody desired and many expected as the outcome of the extension of democracy were, at best, intermittent and geographically limited. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: sovereignty; liberty and the rule of law; the “common good”; economic and social democracy; religion and the principles of political obligation; citizenship and gender; ethnicity, race, and nationalism; democratic crises, revolutions, and civil resistance; international relations; and democratic politics beyond the polis. These ten different approaches to democracy since 1920 offer a global, synoptic, and probing exploration of the subject.
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List of Illustrations General Editor's Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Eugenio F. Biagini and Gary Gerstle (University of Cambridge, UK) 1. Sovereignty Emma Hunter (University of Edinburgh, UK) and Joel Isaac (University of Chicago, USA) 2. Liberty and the Rule of Law H. Kumarsasingham (University of Edinburgh, UK) and Marius Strubenhoff (University of Sheffield, UK) 3. The Common Good Eugenio Biagini (University of Cambridge, UK) and Ornit Shani (University of Haifa, Israel) 4. Social and Economic Democracy James T. Kloppenberg and John Gee (Harvard University, USA) 5. Religion and the Principles of Political Obligation Eugenio Biagini (University of Cambridge, UK) and Todd M. Thompson (Biola University, USA) 6. Citizenship and Gender Ragnheiður Kristjánsdóttir (University of Iceland, Iceland) and Anupama Roy (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India) 7. Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism Saul Dubow (University of Cambridge, UK) and Gary Gerstle (University of Cambridge, UK) 8. Democratic Crises, Revolutions and Civil Resistance Franco Andreucci (University of Pisa, Italy) 9. International Relations Elizabeth Bogwardt (Washington University, USA) and Eugenio Biagini (University of Cambridge, UK) 10. Beyond the Polis Nadia Urbinati (Columbia University, USA) and Vikram Visana (University of Huddersfield, UK) Notes References Notes on Contributors Index
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A wide-ranging overview of the cultural history of democracy during the 20th century.
The final volume of the most extensive and wide-ranging treatment of the cultural history of democracy available
The Cultural Histories are multi-volume sets that survey the social and cultural construction of specific subjects across six historical periods, broadly: - Antiquity- The Medieval Age- The Renaissance- The Age of Enlightenment- The Age of Empire- The Modern AgeThe subjects covered range from Animals to Dress and Fashion, from Sport to Furniture, from Money to Fairy Tales. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters so that readers may gain an understanding of a period by reading an entire volume, or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Each six-volume set is illustrated. Titles are available as printed sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).PRAISE FOR THE SERIESA Cultural History of Dress and Fashion“Intriguing, surprising, and thought-provoking essays covering many cultural layers of dress history.”CHOICEA Cultural History of Fairy Tales“A comprehensive treatise that belongs in every academic library concerned with a form of literature that has had broad appeal for centuries and continues to do so.”CHOICEA Cultural History of Hair“A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair.”Times Literary SupplementA Cultural History of Law“These introductions should be of great use to scholars from across the periods.”Law & LiteratureA Cultural History of Peace“The set is a good introduction to the study of peace and encourages looking at world history in a new way.”CHOICEA Cultural History of Theatre“All six volumes are aesthetically attractive, with well-chosen cover illustrations in color and numerous halftones throughout. Page layouts with wide margins, good paper, subtitles, generous bibliographies, notes, and index all add to the appeal.”CHOICEA Cultural History of Tragedy“A highly contemporary work, alert to politics, social theory and sexuality.”London Review of BooksA Cultural History of Western Empires“Students seeking a comparative, interdisciplinary, and compelling account of the spread of Western empires will find much of interest here.”CHOICEA Cultural History of Work“[Programs] such as economics, American and world history, women’s studies, and art history will benefit from the information herein.”American Reference Books Annual
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781350440166
Publisert
2024-02-08
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
169 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

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Eugenio Biagini is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History and Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, UK.

Gary Gerstle is Paul Mellon Professor of American History and Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, UK.