Legitimacy : : The Right to Rule in a Wanton World / / Arthur Isak Applbaum.
What makes a government legitimate? Arthur Isak Applbaum rigorously argues that the greatest threat to democracies today is not loss of basic rights or despotism. It is the tyranny of unreason: domination of citizens by incoherent, inconstant, incontinent rulers. A government that cannot govern itse...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I. Substance and Normative Power -- PART II. Free Group Agency -- PART III. Inhumanity, Despotism, and Wantonism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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| Summary: | What makes a government legitimate? Arthur Isak Applbaum rigorously argues that the greatest threat to democracies today is not loss of basic rights or despotism. It is the tyranny of unreason: domination of citizens by incoherent, inconstant, incontinent rulers. A government that cannot govern itself cannot legitimately govern others. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780674241923 9783110652031 |
| DOI: | 10.4159/9780674241923 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Arthur Isak Applbaum. |