Table of Contents

* Contents * Preface * Introduction * Reason and Ethos * After Critique: Affirming Subjectivity * Animating the Reach of Our Moral Imagination * Democracy's Predicament * Conclusion * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index

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Anti-utopian, pragmatic, and thoroughly idealistic, Stephen White outlines a repertoire of democratic practices for a world without transcendent guarantees. Nuanced yet accessible, detailed yet synthetic, The Ethos of a Late-Modern Citizen is a clear statement from a mature intellectual of an important and unique position: a signature book. -- Bonnie Honig, author of Democracy and the Foreigner

About the Author

Stephen K. White is James Hart Professor of Political Theory at the University of Virginia.

Reviews

Anti-utopian, pragmatic, and thoroughly idealistic, Stephen White outlines a repertoire of democratic practices for a world without transcendent guarantees. Nuanced yet accessible, detailed yet synthetic, The Ethos of a Late-Modern Citizen is a clear statement from a mature intellectual of an important and unique position: a signature book.
*Bonnie Honig, author of Democracy and the Foreigner*