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Against Democracy

Against Democracy Paperback / softback - 2017

by Jason Brennan

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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the right to an equal share of political power. And they believe that political participation is good for us--it empowers us, helps us get wha
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  • Title Against Democracy
  • Author Jason Brennan
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 312
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press
  • Date 2017-09-26
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780691178493_inp
  • ISBN 9780691178493 / 0691178496
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.1 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 2.79 cm)

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From the rear cover

"Jason Brennan is a marvel: a brilliant philosopher who scrupulously studies the facts before he moralizes. In Against Democracy, his elegant method leads to the contrarian conclusion that democratic participation prompts human beings to forget common sense and common decency. Voting does not ennoble us; it tests the virtue of the best, and brings out the worst in the rest."--Bryan Caplan, author of The Myth of the Rational Voter

"The great temptation of political philosophy is to sacralize politics, and we urgently need work that teaches us not to succumb. In this valuable and bracing book, Jason Brennan challenges comfortable pieties and debunks familiar myths about political life in general and democratic rule in particular. I expect that most readers will find plenty with which to disagree--I certainly do--but also that most will find Brennan's arguments unsettlingly difficult to resist with certainty."--Jacob T. Levy, McGill University

"Against Democracy makes a useful set of challenges to both conventional wisdom and dominant trends in political philosophy and political theory, particularly democratic theory. Engagingly written, it is a lively and entertaining read."--Alexander Guerrero, University of Pennsylvania

About the author

Jason Brennan is the Flanagan Family Chair of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. He is the author of The Ethics of Voting (Princeton), and Why Not Capitalism?. He writes regularly for Bleeding Heart Libertarians, a blog.