| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 173 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction. Prodigal politics -- Untwisting politics -- Phenomenal politics -- Judging politics -- Lies, damned lies, and politics -- Why we need rhetoric -- The political imagination (or, freedom!) -- Conclusion. Politics reborn |
| Summary |
"Ned O'Gorman's Politics for Everybody is, at its core, a defense of politics for our polarized times. In an accessible and impassioned style, O'Gorman argues for a political middle ground, which is not aligned with any particular party or ideology, but which embraces the worth, value, and importance of politics itself. Inspired by Hannah Arendt, O'Gorman shows how political thinking is rooted in common sense and everyday experiences, and is rooted in all of us, even and especially when politics is the last thing we want to talk about. Resisting the deadening of political experience by the bombast of contemporary media, the impoverishment of public discourse, and the low-minded violence of smear campaigns, O'Gorman calls for a purer, simpler relation to politics, one that does justice to the virtues of open, honest exchange, which can be critical without being hateful. Politics for Everybody is, in short, a defense of the dignity of politics in the age of its infamy, and a plea for the notion that to give politics a thinking chance, we must take it more seriously, not write it off"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 23, 2020) |
| Subject |
Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.
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| SUBJECT |
Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975 fast |
| Subject |
Political science.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Political science
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
022668329X |
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9780226683294 |
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