Ideology and low intensity democracy
Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2011. Philosophy Bibliography: leaves 70-71. This thesis will provide an account of how our ideological relationship with democracy is responsible for the problematic phenomenon of low intensity democracy. Low intensity democracy is a relatively re...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:theses5/31862 2023-05-15T17:23:34+02:00 Ideology and low intensity democracy Brown-O'Byrne, Fergus Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Philosophy 2011 iv, 71 leaves. Image/jpeg; Application/pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses5/id/31862 Eng eng Electronic Theses and Dissertations (9.07 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca.qe2a-proxy.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Brown-OByrne_Fergus.pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses5/id/31862 The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission. Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries Democracy--History--Philosophy Text Electronic thesis or dissertation 2011 ftmemorialunivdc 2015-08-06T19:22:53Z Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2011. Philosophy Bibliography: leaves 70-71. This thesis will provide an account of how our ideological relationship with democracy is responsible for the problematic phenomenon of low intensity democracy. Low intensity democracy is a relatively recent phenomenon that is becoming a growing concern in a number of fields of study. Low intensity democracy describes a democratically impoverished state. Despite the fact that some basic democratic institutions such as elections are in place, a lack of support and encouragement for democratic development produces a democratically stagnant state. Furthermore, important social and economic challenges remain unaddressed. This thesis will explore the works of Slavoj Žižek and the works of the numerous contributors to the democratic ideal including Aristotle, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Hannah Arendt, in order to establish the link between ideology and low intensity democracy. -- Chapter one will explore Žižek's work and its pertinence to the task at hand. Žižek's focus on an individual's relationship to ideology will prove invaluable in exploring the many nuances of ideological relationships. Chapter two will contrast the democratic idea, the collective activities and goals of democracy, with low intensity democracy. The final chapter will use the tools that have been laid out in the previous chapters to establish the precise link between ideology and low intensity democracy. It will be argued that the western experience of contemporary democracy produces the conditions that give rise to an ideological relationship with democracy that allows and encourages low intensity democracy. Thesis Newfoundland studies University of Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) Hannah ENVELOPE(-60.613,-60.613,-62.654,-62.654) Rousseau ENVELOPE(-59.617,-59.617,-62.500,-62.500) |
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Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2011. Philosophy Bibliography: leaves 70-71. This thesis will provide an account of how our ideological relationship with democracy is responsible for the problematic phenomenon of low intensity democracy. Low intensity democracy is a relatively recent phenomenon that is becoming a growing concern in a number of fields of study. Low intensity democracy describes a democratically impoverished state. Despite the fact that some basic democratic institutions such as elections are in place, a lack of support and encouragement for democratic development produces a democratically stagnant state. Furthermore, important social and economic challenges remain unaddressed. This thesis will explore the works of Slavoj Žižek and the works of the numerous contributors to the democratic ideal including Aristotle, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Hannah Arendt, in order to establish the link between ideology and low intensity democracy. -- Chapter one will explore Žižek's work and its pertinence to the task at hand. Žižek's focus on an individual's relationship to ideology will prove invaluable in exploring the many nuances of ideological relationships. Chapter two will contrast the democratic idea, the collective activities and goals of democracy, with low intensity democracy. The final chapter will use the tools that have been laid out in the previous chapters to establish the precise link between ideology and low intensity democracy. It will be argued that the western experience of contemporary democracy produces the conditions that give rise to an ideological relationship with democracy that allows and encourages low intensity democracy. |
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