David Mcivor
Biographic Data
| ID | 4397183 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Mcivor |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcivor |
| SIGNATURE | MCIVOR D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Colorado State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Response to Critics
We are deeply gratified by the constructive and generous engagement with our book.We are especially moved to be in dialogue and company with this group of scholars, whose work has helped us develop and push our own thinking.In our response, we want to address some of the questions and provocations offered in the individual essays.To begin, our goal was to write a romance.By this, we mean that we chose the genre of romance to carry our argument fo…
Introduction to Special Issue
What hopes exist and persist for democratic and ecological flourishing in these perilous times?This special issue of Democratic Theory gathers thinkers from diverse perspectives to engage themes related to ecological and democratic flourishing-themes that have become increasingly urgent as democratic attempts to address the climate crisis have faltered while democracy itself appears to approach extinction.In our 2024 book, Earthborn Democracy (EB…
Democracy and the Unconscious
This essay examines the relationship between democracy and the unconscious. It does so by understanding democracy through the repressed desire for shared power by a collective actor that has episodically realized itself, in ways that haunt political languages, practices, and aspirations. Democratic flourishing rests upon erotic practices through which the demos transgressively transforms politics by embracing what we refer to as democratic narcis…
The Politics of Speed
Is there a speed limit for democracy? Do the system imperatives of late-modern economic polities necessitate a shrinking of democratic oversight and control? Are the accelerated life-experiences of citizens in late modernity fundamentally hostile to the formation of civic identities, deliberative skills, and democratic habits? In this paper I examine recent work in democratic theory on social acceleration in order to address these questions. I ar…
Preparing for natural hazards
Purpose This paper seeks to further develop a model of natural hazard preparedness by examining the role of attitudes to natural hazards and their mitigation and social norms. It aims to examine whether social‐cultural factors influence the decisions people make regarding their relationship with natural hazards. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were collected from 156 residents in Napier, New Zealand. A cross‐sectional design was used. Dat…
The Politics of Speed
Is there a speed limit for democracy? Do the system imperatives of late-modern economic polities necessitate a shrinking of democratic oversight and control? Are the accelerated life-experiences of citizens in late modernity fundamentally hostile to the formation of civic identities, deliberative skills, and democratic habits? In this paper I examine recent work in democratic theory on social acceleration in order to address these questions. I ar…
Democracy and the Unconscious
This essay examines the relationship between democracy and the unconscious. It does so by understanding democracy through the repressed desire for shared power by a collective actor that has episodically realized itself, in ways that haunt political languages, practices, and aspirations. Democratic flourishing rests upon erotic practices through which the demos transgressively transforms politics by embracing what we refer to as democratic narcis…
Preparing for natural hazards
Purpose This paper seeks to further develop a model of natural hazard preparedness by examining the role of attitudes to natural hazards and their mitigation and social norms. It aims to examine whether social‐cultural factors influence the decisions people make regarding their relationship with natural hazards. Design/methodology/approach Survey data were collected from 156 residents in Napier, New Zealand. A cross‐sectional design was used. Dat…
The Politics of Speed
Is there a speed limit for democracy? Do the system imperatives of late-modern economic polities necessitate a shrinking of democratic oversight and control? Are the accelerated life-experiences of citizens in late modernity fundamentally hostile to the formation of civic identities, deliberative skills, and democratic habits? In this paper I examine recent work in democratic theory on social acceleration in order to address these questions. I ar…
Democracy and the Unconscious
This essay examines the relationship between democracy and the unconscious. It does so by understanding democracy through the repressed desire for shared power by a collective actor that has episodically realized itself, in ways that haunt political languages, practices, and aspirations. Democratic flourishing rests upon erotic practices through which the demos transgressively transforms politics by embracing what we refer to as democratic narcis…
Response to Critics
We are deeply gratified by the constructive and generous engagement with our book.We are especially moved to be in dialogue and company with this group of scholars, whose work has helped us develop and push our own thinking.In our response, we want to address some of the questions and provocations offered in the individual essays.To begin, our goal was to write a romance.By this, we mean that we chose the genre of romance to carry our argument fo…
Introduction to Special Issue
What hopes exist and persist for democratic and ecological flourishing in these perilous times?This special issue of Democratic Theory gathers thinkers from diverse perspectives to engage themes related to ecological and democratic flourishing-themes that have become increasingly urgent as democratic attempts to address the climate crisis have faltered while democracy itself appears to approach extinction.In our 2024 book, Earthborn Democracy (EB…
Democracy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Critical Theory and Philosophy (2 works) · Flourishing (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (2 works) · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics (2 works)