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Culture, Theory and Society Lecture 8: Democracy and its opponents

Democracy ,[object Object],[object Object]

The history of democracy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Athenian democracy 1 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Athenian democracy 2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://images.google.co.uk/ www.poetryfoundation.org

Obvious problems with Athenian democracy ,[object Object],[object Object]

Democratic elements were also present in: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Important dates for liberal democracy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Two types of democracy: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Liberal democracies in 2008 ,[object Object]

Liberal democracies must have … ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

JUSTIFICATIONS OF DEMOCRACY - 1 (intrinsic) ,[object Object],[object Object]

JUSTIFICATIONS OF DEMOCRACY – 2 (instrumental) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

JUSTIFICATIONS OF DEMOCRACY – 3 (instrumental) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Karl Popper 1902-1994 ,[object Object],[object Object],http://www.nndb.com

The liberal critique of democracy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Which is better …? ,[object Object],[object Object]

Alternatives to democracy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Authoritarianism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Totalitarianism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],www.doukhobor.org www.holocaust-history.org www.psywarrior.com

Hannah Arendt 1906-1979 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://images.google.co.uk/

Authoritarianism in general ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ Democracy is preferable to any other kind of government” ,[object Object],[object Object]

In general, ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Four theorists of authoritarian societies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://images.google.co.uk

Plato also proposed … ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Problem’s with Plato’s Republic ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Marxism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Karl_Marx.jpg

Problems with Marxism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Islamist critique of democracy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://fursans.wordpress.com/sayyid-qutb/

Problems with the Islamist critique of democracy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“Asian Values” ,[object Object],[object Object],www.intellectualconservative.com

Asian Values ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Critics of “Asian Values” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],thechinadesk.wordpress.com

Noam Chomsky (b 1928) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],www.nndb.com

Noam Chomsky ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Conclusion 1 – Liberal Democracy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Conclusion 2 – critiques of liberal democracy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Conclusion 3 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],www.battlefield-site.co.uk

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