Uncivil Wars. How Contempt Is Corroding Democracy, Quarterly Essay 87

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Quarterly Essay
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2022
Edition: First Edition

Description: 123 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Why is public debate increasingly polarised - and what can we do about it Is our democracy corroding In this original, eloquent essay, Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens explore the ethics and politics of public debate and the threats it now faces. In a healthy democracy we need the capacity to disagree. Yet Aly and Stephens note a growing tendency to dismiss and exile opponents, to treat them with contempt. This toxic partisanship has been imported from the United States, where it has been corrosive and a temptation for both left and right. Aly and Stephens analyse some telling examples and look back to heroes of democracy who found a better way forward. This compelling essay draws on philosophy, literature and history to make an urgent case about the present.

ISBN: 9781760643560