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Democracy or Bonapartism : two centuries of war on democracy / Domenico Losurdo ; foreword by Luciano Canfora ; translated by David Broder.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publisher: London ; New York : Verso, 2024Description: xiv, 338 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781784787318 (hardback)
  • 1784787310 (hardback)
Uniform titles:
  • Democrazia o bonapartismo. English
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Democracy or BonapartismDDC classification:
  • 325.3209
LOC classification:
  • JF 831 L881d 2024
Contents:
The fight for the vote: A tortuous and still-unfinished history -- A new tutor for the 'childlike' multitude -- An alternative to property qualifications: The origins of Bonapartism, from America to France -- The trumpets of the ruling classes and the bells of the subaltern -- The Bonapartist regime's baptism of fire -- Universal suffrage, proportional representation and the reaction against it -- The twentieth century: Between emancipation and disemancipation -- The triumph of soft Bonapartism.
Summary: "Explains the 'soft Bonapartism' that has emerged in the US and Italy, and which seems set to become the political regime of our time"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JF 831 L881d 2024 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000191536

First published as Democrazia o bonapartismo. Trionfo e decadenza del suff ragio universale, Torino, Italy : Bollati Boringhieri, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The fight for the vote: A tortuous and still-unfinished history -- A new tutor for the 'childlike' multitude -- An alternative to property qualifications: The origins of Bonapartism, from America to France -- The trumpets of the ruling classes and the bells of the subaltern -- The Bonapartist regime's baptism of fire -- Universal suffrage, proportional representation and the reaction against it -- The twentieth century: Between emancipation and disemancipation -- The triumph of soft Bonapartism.

"Explains the 'soft Bonapartism' that has emerged in the US and Italy, and which seems set to become the political regime of our time"-- Provided by publisher.

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