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- catalog abstract ""The author attempts to combat collective amnesia by systematically exploring and evaluating anti-democratic thought since the French Revolution. Femia examines the various arguments under the headings of 'perversity', 'futility', and 'jeopardy'. This classification scheme enables him to highlight the fatalism and pessimism of anti-democratic thinkers, their conviction that democratic reform would be either pointless or destructive. Femia shows how they failed to understand the adaptability of democracy, its ability to co-exist with traditional and elitist values. But, controversially, he also argues that some of their predictions and observations have been confirmed by history."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12250990.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""The author attempts to combat collective amnesia by systematically exploring and evaluating anti-democratic thought since the French Revolution. Femia examines the various arguments under the headings of 'perversity', 'futility', and 'jeopardy'. This classification scheme enables him to highlight the fatalism and pessimism of anti-democratic thinkers, their conviction that democratic reform would be either pointless or destructive. Femia shows how they failed to understand the adaptability of democracy, its ability to co-exist with traditional and elitist values. But, controversially, he also argues that some of their predictions and observations have been confirmed by history."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction and preview -- 2. The perversity thesis -- 3. The futility thesis -- 4. The jeopardy thesis -- 5. Conclusion.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-176) and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 179 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0198280637".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "321.8 21".
- catalog subject "Democracy History.".
- catalog subject "JC421 .F46 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction and preview -- 2. The perversity thesis -- 3. The futility thesis -- 4. The jeopardy thesis -- 5. Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Against the masses : varieties of anti-democratic thought since the French Revolution / Joseph V. Femia.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".