Democratic hypocrisy : domination, egalitarian criticism and apologetic narratives / Leonard Mazzone.
2023
BJ1535.H8 D46 2023
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Title
Democratic hypocrisy : domination, egalitarian criticism and apologetic narratives / Leonard Mazzone.
Author
Mazzone, Leonard.
ISBN
9783031338205 (electronic bk.)
3031338200 (electronic bk.)
3031338197
9783031338199
3031338200 (electronic bk.)
3031338197
9783031338199
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Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
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English
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1 online resource (106 pages)
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10.1007/978-3-031-33820-5 doi
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BJ1535.H8 D46 2023
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320.01
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"Mazzone has focused our attention on an important and underappreciated topic; the way hypocrisy suppresses the complaints of the oppressed and poses a particular threat not just to our politics but to democracies as a whole. The topic could hardly be more urgent." -- Ekow N. Yankah, Thomas M. Cooley Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, USA Unconfessed by definition, hypocrisy is one of the most used and abused polemical categories, even today, to denounce the "masked cynicism" of certain social actors, especially when they hold public office. But has hypocrisy always been just that? Should we really always be wary of it and challenge its every manifestation? What forms of hypocrisy can we distinguish? What kind of relationship exists between hypocrisy and the lack of self-critical attitude of those who are used to challenge the conduct of others? And above all: what relationship exists between this common vice, democratic politics and the institutional reproduction of different forms of oppression and domination? These are just some of the questions that inspire this philosophical journey back into the history of one of the most chameleonic concepts of Western culture. In Mazzones conception, democratic hypocrisy includes argumentative strategies used by institutional actors to refuse any kind of responsibility when their decisions, actions or roles are called into question by the protests of citizens in a democratic context. He reveals the relationship that exists between such apologetic narratives and the institutional reproduction of different forms of oppression and domination. Ultimately, the book urges civic vigilance against underhand wannabe authoritarians, who as a group are evolving to find new ways to trick people into opposing democracy. Leonard Mazzone is Research Associate in Social and Political Philosophy at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Florence, Italy.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Psychological and Moral Hypocrisy
Chapter 3: Domination, Critique and Democratic Hypocrisy
Chapter 4: Apologetic Narratives: Justifying the Unjustifiable
Chapter 5: Conclusion: Beyond the Critique of Democratic Hypocrisy, Before Cynical Resignation.
Chapter 2: Psychological and Moral Hypocrisy
Chapter 3: Domination, Critique and Democratic Hypocrisy
Chapter 4: Apologetic Narratives: Justifying the Unjustifiable
Chapter 5: Conclusion: Beyond the Critique of Democratic Hypocrisy, Before Cynical Resignation.