The Rhetorical Surface of Democracy
How Deliberative Ideals Undermine Democratic Politics
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Public Speaking, Communication, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Democracy
| Author: | Scott Welsh | ISBN: | 9780739150641 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | October 18, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Scott Welsh |
| ISBN: | 9780739150641 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | October 18, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
The Rhetorical Surface of Democracy: How Deliberative Ideals Undermine Democratic Politics, by Scott Welsh, disputes the idea that democracy has anything to do with public deliberation in pursuit of collective judgment. Welsh argues, rather, that the impossibility of any kind of public judgment is the fact that democracy must face. Given the impossibility of public judgment, rhetorical competitions for political power are not merely poor substitutes for an allegedly more authentic democratic practice but constitute the essence of democracy itself.
The Rhetorical Surface of Democracy: How Deliberative Ideals Undermine Democratic Politics, by Scott Welsh, disputes the idea that democracy has anything to do with public deliberation in pursuit of collective judgment. Welsh argues, rather, that the impossibility of any kind of public judgment is the fact that democracy must face. Given the impossibility of public judgment, rhetorical competitions for political power are not merely poor substitutes for an allegedly more authentic democratic practice but constitute the essence of democracy itself.
