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Is Democracy Possible Here? Principles for a New Political Debate  

Jules Townshend ▪ June 15, 2007

This is an interesting and well-written book with a clear argumentative thread: American politics is bedevilled by a ‘yahboo’ discourse that must be replaced by reasoned (liberal) argument. Dworkin thinks the Republicans and Democrats, and their respective supporters, would stop …



Empires of Belief: Why We Need More Scepticism And Doubt In The Twenty-First Century  

Jules Townshend ▪ March 15, 2007

Both these books deal with contemporary themes, one with the rise of a variety of fundamentalisms in the modern world, the other with issues stemming from the growth of identity politics – the politics of recognition. Both are well-written and …



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