Democracy, Culture, and Values Vol.1

Mclean, George F

Democracy, Culture, and Values Vol.1 Democracy:In the Throes of Liberalism and Totalitarianism: - Washington Council for Research in Values and Philosophy 2004 - 226p - Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change Series VII, Seminars on Culture &; 200400ENGGPC1 .

includes index and biblioraphy

PART I. ROOTS AND FORMS OF DEMOCRACY Chapter I. Values, Cultures and Traditions by George F. McLean Chapter II. Some Hermeneutic Issues on Democracy from the Point of View of Different World Visions by Joseph Danders Chapter III. Democracy, Pluralism and Inculturation by Charles R. Dechert Chapter IV. Culture, Democracy and Constitution-Making: Some Tentative Observations William Fox PART II. CLASSICAL LIBERALISM VS. TRANSCENDENTAL VALUE Chapter V. Reform Absolutism of Joseph II in the Austrian Monarchy in 1781 by Ronald Calinger Chapter VI. Individual Freedom and Political Power by Algirdas Degutis Chapter VII. A Few Remarks on the Interconnections Between Science, Reason, Freedom, Democracy and Tradition Richard K. Khuri Chapter VIII. In Search of the Human Sense of Dwelling by Jozef Pauer PART III. MARXISM, POST-MARXISM, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY IN EASTERN EUROPE Chapter IX. Philosophy of Violence and Its Aftermath Bohumila Kozelouhova Chapter X. The Path of the Czechoslovak People to Democracy by Jana Gasparikova Chapter XI. Threats to Democracy from Within:A Psychosocial Perspective by Ivo Reznicek Chapter XII. The Antinomy of Science and Democracy in Modem China by Shu-li Ji

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