Book contents
- Imagined Democracies
- Imagined Democracies
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One Necessary Fictions of the Political and the Reality of Political Fictions
- Part Two Modern Common Sense and the Rise of Modern Political Imaginaries
- 5 The Historicity of Common Sense and the Role of Scientism in the Modern Political Imagination
- 6 Empiricism, Induction, and Visibility:
- 7 The Performing Arts and the Performance of Politics:
- Part Three Modern Imaginaries of Democratic Political Agencies and Causality
- Part Four The Postmodern Turn and the Return of Political Theatricality
- Index
5 - The Historicity of Common Sense and the Role of Scientism in the Modern Political Imagination
from Part Two - Modern Common Sense and the Rise of Modern Political Imaginaries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2012
Book contents
- Imagined Democracies
- Imagined Democracies
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One Necessary Fictions of the Political and the Reality of Political Fictions
- Part Two Modern Common Sense and the Rise of Modern Political Imaginaries
- 5 The Historicity of Common Sense and the Role of Scientism in the Modern Political Imagination
- 6 Empiricism, Induction, and Visibility:
- 7 The Performing Arts and the Performance of Politics:
- Part Three Modern Imaginaries of Democratic Political Agencies and Causality
- Part Four The Postmodern Turn and the Return of Political Theatricality
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- Imagined DemocraciesNecessary Political Fictions, pp. 83 - 103Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012