Uncivil Wars: How Contempt Is Corroding Democracy: Quarterly Essay 87

In this original, eloquent essay, Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens explore the ethics and politics of public debate - and the threats it now faces. In a healthy democracy we need the capacity to disagree. Yet Aly and Stephens note a growing tendency to dismiss and exile opponents, to treat them with contempt. This toxic partisanship has been imported from the United States, where it has been corrosive - and a temptation for both left and right. Aly and Stephens analyse some telling examples and look back to heroes of democracy who found a better way forward. This compelling essay draws on philosophy, literature and history to make an urgent case about the present.

• | Author: Waleed Aly, Scott Stephens
• | Publisher: Quarterly Essay
• | Publication Date: Sep 05, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 130 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1760643564
• | ISBN-13: 9781760643560