In the Long run : the future as a political idea /
White, Jonathan
In the Long run : the future as a political idea / Jonathan White - 264 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes index
Explores how democracy and political thought are shaped by visions of the future, examining crises such as climate change, pandemics, and war, and their impact on democratic ideals.
Democracy is future-oriented and self-correcting: today's problems can be solved, we are told, in tomorrow's elections. But the biggest issues facing the modern world - from climate collapse and pandemics to recession and world war - each apparently bring us to the edge of the irreversible.
9781800812307
Political science--Philosophy.
Democracy--Philosophy.
Forecasting--Political aspects.
Time--Political aspects.
Future--Political aspects.
JC423$b .W45 2024
321.8 WHI
In the Long run : the future as a political idea / Jonathan White - 264 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes index
Explores how democracy and political thought are shaped by visions of the future, examining crises such as climate change, pandemics, and war, and their impact on democratic ideals.
Democracy is future-oriented and self-correcting: today's problems can be solved, we are told, in tomorrow's elections. But the biggest issues facing the modern world - from climate collapse and pandemics to recession and world war - each apparently bring us to the edge of the irreversible.
9781800812307
Political science--Philosophy.
Democracy--Philosophy.
Forecasting--Political aspects.
Time--Political aspects.
Future--Political aspects.
JC423$b .W45 2024
321.8 WHI