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Podcast:
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New Books in Political Science |
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Episode:
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Helene Landemore, “Democratic Reason: Politics, Collective Intelligence, and the Rule of the Many” (Princeton UP, 2012)
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Category:
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Science & Medicine |
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Duration:
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00:00:00 |
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Publish Date:
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2013-11-01 05:31:27 |
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Description:
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We’re all familiar with the thought that democracy is merely the rule of the unwise mob. In the hands of Plato and a long line of philosophers since him, this thought has been developed into a formidable anti-democratic argument: Only truth or wisdom confer authority, and since democracy is the... |
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Total Play:
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