Fugitive Democracy: And Other Essays

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Sheldon Wolin was one of the most influential and original political thinkers of the past fifty years. Fugitive Democracy brings together his most important writings, from classic essays such as "Political Theory as a Vocation," written amid the Cold War and the conflict in Vietnam, to his late radical essays on American democracy such as "Fugitive

Sheldon S. Wolin (1922-2015) was professor emeritus of politics at Princeton University. His books include Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought and Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism (both Princeton). Nicholas Xenos is professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His books include Cloaked in Virtue: Unveiling Leo Strauss and the Rhetoric of American Foreign Policy.

"These essays are stunning. No one speaks for democracy as Wolin does."-Anne Norton, author of On the Muslim Question "This collection is long overdue. Fugitive Democracy is a book that every current and future political theorist and political philosopher should own."-Melissa A. Orlie, author of Living Ethically, Acting Politically