The Non- and Anti-Democratic in Post-Modernity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3896547 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Masahiro Hamashita (Kobe College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 27-31 |
| Publication date | 2008-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diogenes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0392-1921 • E-ISSN: 1467-7695 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0392192108096826 |
| OpenAlex | W2116801005 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Is, or has, democracy a universal value? This is the main question raised by this paper, which distinguishes between two aspects of democracy: political institution in opposition to despotism, and political belief against any kind of slavery and subordination. The role played by intellectuals in the development of contemporary democracy, and the relation of democracy to mass culture and the influence of mass media on a true democratic attitude, are studied within the frame of an overall 'mass aesthetization' which characterizes contemporary societies
Democracy · Institution · Mass media · Modernity · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political theory and Gramsci
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |