{"product_id":"democracy-and-the-divine-alexandra-aidler-9781498598286","title":"Democracy and the Divine: The Phenomenon of Political Romanticism","description":"Advancing the thesis that a contract between the political members of a community must lead to the highest form of social inclusion, Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan (1651) has provided the groundwork for democracies around the world. Yet, Hobbes also states that this contract can only be upheld by a strong sovereign whose authority is derived from God. How can a democracy be defined, then, as truly inclusive when it essentially grows out of a theocracy that thinks about human beings in terms of \"reduction\"? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn Democracy and the Divine: The Phenomenon of Political Romanticism Alexandra Aidler argues that despite modern democracy's problematic heritage, one should not abandon its claims to religion. Articulating a democracy that is based on the religious principle of giving oneself to another, Aidler develops a political theology of democracy that is built upon two traditions in political thought that have rarely been examined thus far side by side for their contributions to this field: German Romanticism, as exemplified by Franz von Baader and Friedrich Schlegel, and the \"theological turn\" in French philosophy, as represented by Jacques Derrida and Jacques Ranci鑽e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexandra Aidler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1498598285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781498598286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Alexandra Aidler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44052859912447,"sku":"9781498598286","price":129.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d8d8ade-f57f-4c24-9f4b-a0b735f79eb3.jpg?v=1685021121","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/democracy-and-the-divine-alexandra-aidler-9781498598286","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}