具体描述
Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the right to an equal share of political power. And they believe that political participation is good for us—it empowers us, helps us get what we want, and tends to make us smarter, more virtuous, and more caring for one another. These are some of our most cherished ideas about democracy. But, Jason Brennan says, they are all wrong.
In this trenchant book, Brennan argues that democracy should be judged by its results—and the results are not good enough. Just as defendants have a right to a fair trial, citizens have a right to competent government. But democracy is the rule of the ignorant and the irrational, and it all too often falls short. Furthermore, no one has a fundamental right to any share of political power, and exercising political power does most of us little good. On the contrary, a wide range of social science research shows that political participation and democratic deliberation actually tend to make people worse—more irrational, biased, and mean. Given this grim picture, Brennan argues that a new system of government—epistocracy, the rule of the knowledgeable—may be better than democracy, and that it’s time to experiment and find out.
A challenging critique of democracy and the first sustained defense of the rule of the knowledgeable, Against Democracy is essential reading for scholars and students of politics across the disciplines.
作者简介
Jason Brennan is the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Associate Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. He is the author of The Ethics of Voting (Princeton), Why Not Capitalism?, and Libertarianism. He is the coauthor of Markets without Limits, Compulsory Voting, and A Brief History of Liberty. He writes regularly for Bleeding Heart Libertarians, a blog.
目录信息
1 Hobbits and Hooligans 1
2 Ignorant, Irrational, Misinformed Nationalists 23
3 Political Participation Corrupts 54
4 Politics Doesn’t Empower You or Me 74
5 Politics Is Not a Poem 112
6 The Right to Competent Government 140
7 Is Democracy Competent? 172
8 The Rule of the Knowers 204
9 Civic Enemies 231
Notes 247
Bibliography 265
Index 279
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读后感
本书在西方社会掀起争议，因为Jason Brennan击碎大多数人对民主是公正的治理体制的信仰。 西方主流社会相信任何人与生俱来就应当有投票和参与政策制定的权力，政治参与使得公民社会更美好成熟，而Jason Brennan指出民主最致命的问题——选票无能和低智。 在西方民主国家政治参...
本书在西方社会掀起争议，因为Jason Brennan击碎大多数人对民主是公正的治理体制的信仰。 西方主流社会相信任何人与生俱来就应当有投票和参与政策制定的权力，政治参与使得公民社会更美好成熟，而Jason Brennan指出民主最致命的问题——选票无能和低智。 在西方民主国家政治参...
本书在西方社会掀起争议，因为Jason Brennan击碎大多数人对民主是公正的治理体制的信仰。 西方主流社会相信任何人与生俱来就应当有投票和参与政策制定的权力，政治参与使得公民社会更美好成熟，而Jason Brennan指出民主最致命的问题——选票无能和低智。 在西方民主国家政治参...
本书在西方社会掀起争议，因为Jason Brennan击碎大多数人对民主是公正的治理体制的信仰。 西方主流社会相信任何人与生俱来就应当有投票和参与政策制定的权力，政治参与使得公民社会更美好成熟，而Jason Brennan指出民主最致命的问题——选票无能和低智。 在西方民主国家政治参...
本书在西方社会掀起争议，因为Jason Brennan击碎大多数人对民主是公正的治理体制的信仰。 西方主流社会相信任何人与生俱来就应当有投票和参与政策制定的权力，政治参与使得公民社会更美好成熟，而Jason Brennan指出民主最致命的问题——选票无能和低智。 在西方民主国家政治参...
用户评价
跟风瞅一眼畅销书。哈，可真敢讲，也不怕广大anticaptalist同行给扣上精英政治的帽子。作者今天出了本学术圈找工作的书，内容犀利而态度傲慢，摆出一副看不起傻叉学生的样子，不出所料被广大师生和求职培训专家骂得狗血淋头（销路一片光明啊，啧啧）。
跟风瞅一眼畅销书。哈，可真敢讲，也不怕广大anticaptalist同行给扣上精英政治的帽子。作者今天出了本学术圈找工作的书，内容犀利而态度傲慢，摆出一副看不起傻叉学生的样子，不出所料被广大师生和求职培训专家骂得狗血淋头（销路一片光明啊，啧啧）。
跟风瞅一眼畅销书。哈，可真敢讲，也不怕广大anticaptalist同行给扣上精英政治的帽子。作者今天出了本学术圈找工作的书，内容犀利而态度傲慢，摆出一副看不起傻叉学生的样子，不出所料被广大师生和求职培训专家骂得狗血淋头（销路一片光明啊，啧啧）。
跟风瞅一眼畅销书。哈，可真敢讲，也不怕广大anticaptalist同行给扣上精英政治的帽子。作者今天出了本学术圈找工作的书，内容犀利而态度傲慢，摆出一副看不起傻叉学生的样子，不出所料被广大师生和求职培训专家骂得狗血淋头（销路一片光明啊，啧啧）。
由于10000个物理学家里只出了一个爱因斯坦，于是得出结论：一开始就不该让另外那9999个人学物理。
