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Beyond origins : rethinking founding in a time of constitutional democracy / Angélica Maria Bernal

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Reyna Bernal, Angélica
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Foundings and Foundationalism -- 1.Foundational Invocations: Democratic Politics and the Problem of Original Authority -- 2.A Good and Perfect Beginning: Plato's Laws and the Problem of the Lawgiver and the People -- 3.A Tale of Two Democratic Foundings: The United States, Haiti, and the Problem of Democratic Self-Constitution -- pt. TWO Founding Beyond Origins -- 4.Foundings, Origins, and Repetition: Livy's Roman Foundings Reconsidered -- 5.The Promise and Perils of Presidential Refounding in Latin America -- 6.The Regenerative Founding: Jefferson, the French Revolution, and Democratic Self-Constitution -- 7.Another Birth of Freedom: Mendez and the Constituent Power of the Excluded.
Summary
From classical stories of divine lawgivers to contemporary ones of Founding Fathers and constitutional beginnings, foundings have long been synonymous with singular, extraordinary moments of political origin and creation. In constitutional democracies, this common view is particularly attractive, with original founding events, actors, and ideals invoked time and again in everyday politics as well as in times of crisis to remake the state and unify citizens. 'Beyond Origins' challenges this view of foundings, explaining how it is ultimately dangerous, misguided, and unsustainable.
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ISBN
9780190494247 (ebook)
Audience Notes
Specialized.
Note
Previously issued in print: 2017.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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