Contesting Conformity: Democracy and the Paradox of Political Belonging 9780190087845

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Автор: Ikuta Jennie C.
Название: Contesting Conformity: Democracy and the Paradox of Political Belonging
ISBN: 9780190087845
Издательство: Oxford Academ
Издательство: Oxford University Press, USA
Классификация:

Социальная и политическая философия

Политология и политическая философия

Сравнительная политология

Политическая система: демократия

ISBN-10: 0190087846
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 192
Вес: 0.45 кг.
Дата издания: 29.04.2020
Язык: English
Размер: 23.88 x 15.75 x 2.03 cm
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: Democracy and the paradox of political belonging
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Описание: Americans valorize resistance to conformity. Be yourself! Dont just follow the crowd! Such injunctions pervade contemporary American culture. We praise individuals such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Steve Jobs who chart their own course in life and do something new. Yet surprisingly,
recent research in social psychology has shown that, in practice, Americans are averse and at times, even hostile to individuals who express traits associated with non-conformity, such as individuality, free judgment, and creativity. This disjunction between our public rhetoric and practice raises
fundamental questions: Why is non-conformity valuable? Is it always valuable-or does it pose dangers as well as promise benefits for democratic societies? What is the relationship between non-conformity as an individual ideal and democracy as a form of collective self-rule?

Contesting Conformity provides a new interpretive lens to the writings of Alexis de Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill, and Friedrich Nietzsche to investigate non-conformity and its relationship to modern democracy. While there are important differences among them, all three thinkers worry that certain
aspects of democracy--namely, the power of public opinion, the tyranny of social majorities, and the commitment to moral equality--encourage conformity, thus suppressing dissent, individuality, and creativity. Taken together, Tocqueville, Mill, and Nietzsche show us that to the extent that we are
committed to democracy, we must find ways to foster non-conformity, but we must do so within certain moral and political constraints.

Drawing new insight from their work, Jennie Ikuta argues that non-conformity is an intractable issue for democracy. While non-conformity is often important for cultivating a just polity, non-conformity can also undermine democracy. In other words, democracy needs non-conformity, but not in an
unconditional way. This book examines this intractable relationship, and offers resources for navigating the relationship in contemporary democracies in ways that promote justice and freedom.

Contesting Conformity: Democracy and the Paradox of Political Belonging, Ikuta Jennie C.