{"product_id":"democracies-just-fade-away-a-critique-of-tactical-reason-9781537799698","title":"Democracies Just Fade Away: A Critique of Tactical Reason","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bart Abicht\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis essay strives to update the answers to the crucial questions posed by Immanuel Kant at the end of the 18th century: - What can we know for sure? - What may we reasonably hope for? - What could, and therefore, should we do? \"It is a passionate attempt to salvage the highest achievement of the Enlightenment, democracy, with reason, integrity, credibility, and feasibility, by synthesizing the good and ugly lessons of our Western history into a fresh approach to human society and development. An open-eyed, provocative assessment of Modernity that is, at its heart, a plea against cynicism, for the sake of our shared humanity.\" - Bart Abicht, editor, English edition (c) 2016 Ludo Abicht - All Rights Reserved. Subjects: philosophy, The Enlightenment, Modernity, capitalism, socialism, Bloch, Marx, Brecht, Zizek\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45548920504471,"sku":"9781537799698","price":1037.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781537799698.webp?v=1767179465","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/democracies-just-fade-away-a-critique-of-tactical-reason-9781537799698","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}