Uncivil wars : how contempt is corroding democracy / Waleed Aly & Scott Stephens
- Bib ID:
- 8681885
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Aly, Waleed, author
- Description:
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- Collingwodd, VIC : Black Inc., an imprint of Schwartz Books Pty Ltd., 2022
- 123 pages ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781760643560 (paperback)
- 1760643564 (paperback)
- Series:
- Quarterly essay ; issue 87. 1444-884X
- Summary:
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Why is public debate increasingly polarised - and what can we do about it? Is our democracy corroding? In this original, eloquent essay, Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens explore the ethics and politics of public debate – and the threats it now faces. In a healthy democracy we need the capacity to disagree. Yet Aly and Stephens note a growing tendency to dismiss and exile opponents, to treat them with contempt. This toxic partisanship has been imported from the United States, where it has been corrosive – and a temptation for both left and right. Aly and Stephens analyse some telling examples and look back to heroes of democracy who found a better way forward.
- Notes:
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- Titile from cover.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
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- Essays
- Debates and debating
- Democracy
- Ethics
- Partisanship
- Politics and government
- Contempt (Attitude) -- Australia
- Democracy -- Australia
- Debates and debating -- Australia
- Ethics -- Australia
- Partisanship -- Australia
- Australia
- United States
- Australia -- Social conditions
- Australia -- Politics and government
- United States -- Politics and government
- Politics & government
- Social ethics & debates
- Other authors/contributors:
- Stephens, Scott, (Commentator on religion and ethics), author
- Also Titled:
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- Uncivil wars
- QE 87 2022
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2022
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