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Reason and Horror: Critical Theory, Democracy and Aesthetic Individuality. By Morton Schoolman. New York: Routledge, 2001. 348p. $85.00 cloth, $24.95 paper

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2004

Shane Gunster
Shane Gunster
Affiliation:
Ryerson University
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Extract

Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Alexis de Tocqueville are commonly known for their critique of liberal democracy. However, in a fascinating new study, Morton Schoolman marshals novel readings of each theorist to argue for the value of a democratic polity in creating and sustaining what he terms “aesthetic individuality,” an ethical disposition toward the other that values difference as a resource in the ongoing project of forming the self.

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Book Reviews
Information
Perspectives on Politics , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , March 2003 , pp. 176 - 177
Copyright
2003 by the American Political Science Association

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