Democracy in a Postmodern Era with Bruce Ackerman

We have to reconstruct the foundations of our democracy, building on the past, not repudiating everything we're building on it.

Bruce AckermanAccess Episodes Ad-Free on PatreonMake a one-time Donation to Democracy Paradox.Proudly sponsored by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Learn more at https://kellogg.nd.eduSponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Learn more at https://carnegieendowment.orgA full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com.Bruce Ackerman is the Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale. He is well known as a legal scholar and a political philosopher. His most recent book is The Postmodern Predicament: Existential Challenges of the Twenty-First Century.Key Highlights

• Introduction - 0:20
• Modernity - 2:37
• Postmodernism - 15:26
• Deliberation Day - 36:08
• Rethinking Modernity - 43:28

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