Chapter: Hobbes's theory of representation: anti-democratic or proto-democratic?
The chapter, "Hobbes's theory of representation: anti-democratic or proto-democratic?", by David Runciman (Cambridge), was published in the contributed volume, "Political Representation", eds. Ian Shapiro, Susan C. Stokes, Elisabeth Jean Wood, and Alexander S. Kirshner (Cambridge University Press, January 2010: pp. 15-34).
Excerpt: "[F]or all its apparent modernity, Hobbes's theory of representation suffers from one obvious flaw when judged by the standards of contemporary politics: it appears to be strikingly anti-democratic, and it is very hard to see how an anti-democratic theory can also be viewed as foundational for the political world we now inhabit. ... In this chapter, I want to argue that it is possible to close the gap".
The chapter, "Hobbes's theory of representation: anti-democratic or proto-democratic?", by David Runciman (Cambridge), was published in the contributed volume, "Political Representation", eds. Ian Shapiro, Susan C. Stokes, Elisabeth Jean Wood, and Alexander S. Kirshner (Cambridge University Press, January 2010: pp. 15-34).
Excerpt: "[F]or all its apparent modernity, Hobbes's theory of representation suffers from one obvious flaw when judged by the standards of contemporary politics: it appears to be strikingly anti-democratic, and it is very hard to see how an anti-democratic theory can also be viewed as foundational for the political world we now inhabit. ... In this chapter, I want to argue that it is possible to close the gap".
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