The Cultural Contradictions of Democracy —— Political Thought since September 11

----- 民主政体的文化矛盾：9.11后的政治思想

ISBN: 9780691171203 出版年：2007 页码：217 Brenkman, John Princeton University Press

Since 9/11, american foreign policy has been guided by grand ideas like tyranny, democracy, and freedom. And yet the course of events has played havoc with the cherished assumptions of hawks and doves alike. The geo-civil war afflicting the muslim world from lebanon through iraq and afghanistan to pakistan confronts the west with the need to articulate anew what its political ideas and ideals actually are. In the cultural contradictions of democracy, john brenkman dissects the rhetoric that has corrupted today's political discourse and abused the idea of freedom and democracy in foreign affairs. Looking back to the original assumptions and contradictions that animate democratic thought, he attempts to resuscitate the language of liberty and give political debate a fresh basis amid the present global turmoil.