Serdar Tekin

Founding Acts

Constitutional Origins in a Democratic Age

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Serdar Tekin teaches philosophy at Ege University, Turkey.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780812248289
• ISBN-10: 0812248287
• Artikelnr.: 44469327

Autorenporträt

Serdar Tekin teaches philosophy at Ege University, Turkey.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. The Problem of Democratic Founding
Chapter 1. Origins and Foundations: Two Features of the Modern Constitution
Chapter 2. The Paradox of Democratic Founding: Canonical Statements and
Contemporary Perspectives
Chapter 3. The People and the Lawgiver: Rousseau on the Possibility of
Democratic Founding
Chapter 4. Building a Homeland: Founding and Identity in Hannah Arendt's
Jewish Writings
Chapter 5. Revolution and Constitution: The Legitimacy of Beginning in
Question
Chapter 6. Law and Democracy in Founding Moments: Deliberative
Constitution-Making
Conclusion. "The Act by Which a People Is a People"
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments