(Pdf free) First Democracy: The Challenge of an Ancient Idea
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| #938691 in Books | Paul Woodruff | 2006-03-16 | 2006-03-16 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 5.00 x.80 x7.00l,.64 | File Name: 0195304543 | 304 pages | First Democracy The Challenge of an Ancient Idea
||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A book to keep nearby|By Diana Senechal|This is not a book that I read and put away. I have it on my desk now so that I can return to favorite passages. Eloquently and urgently, Paul Woodruff explains what democracy is, drawing on ancient Greek literature while pointing out some of the weaknesses of Athenian democracy. His underlying argument is that we have to understand what|From Publishers Weekly|For those who think they live in a democracy, Woodruff, a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin, argues that the ideal of "government by and for the people" was in some ways more closely attained over 2,000 years ago
Americans have an unwavering faith in democracy and are ever eager to import it to nations around the world. But how democratic is our own "democracy"? If you can vote, if the majority rules, if you have elected representatives--does this automatically mean that you have a democracy? In this eye-opening look at an ideal that we all take for granted, classical scholar Paul Woodruff offers some surprising answers to these questions. Drawing on classical literature...
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