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This book shatters our vague faith in democracy. It continually awakens us to a fundamental understanding of democracy and the concept of radical democracy. It also discusses what it means to act in accordance with the idea of democracy.
C. Douglas Lummis: Radical Democracy
Radical Democracy is a text that serves as a reservoir of thought from Douglas Lummis, widely known here as the author of Does Economic Growth Make Us Poor? The Korean edition has finally appeared, 28 years after the original was published. It may be late in coming, but its publication will send a meaningful message to Korean society amid the crisis facing democracy in a society hanging onto the flimsy lifeline of economic growth. “Are elections democracy?” “Are economic growth and advances in science and technology inevitable?” These questions shake our powerless thinking, trapped by the myth of a fake democracy that has lost its subversive force. The book aims to dismantle the core of modernity that conceals democracy as the “fundamental power structure of the world,” opening up the possibility of hope that the political system called the state can ultimately be deconstructed. It also seeks to reveal historically the falsehood of blindly pursuing economic development (or growth) and the advancement of science and technology as its means, which shape today's world. In doing so, it explores what we ultimately need to do to cultivate hope.
Korean title: 래디컬 데모크라시
Korean author: C. 더글러스 러미스
Korean publisher: 한티재
ISBN-13: 9791192455440
Reviews
This book shatters our vague faith in democracy. It continually awakens us to a fundamental understanding of democracy and the concept of radical democracy. It also discusses what it means to act in accordance with the idea of democracy.
