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Philosophy and Democracy

Issue Date July 1993
Volume 4
Issue 3
Page Numbers 124-27
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A review of The Ennobling of Democracy: The Challenge of the Postmodern Age, by Thomas Pangle.

About the Authors

Philippe Raynaud

Philippe Raynaud is a professor on the faculty of juridical, political, and social sciences at the University of Lille II.

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Philip J. Costopoulos

Philip J. Costopoulos is executive editor of the Journal of Democracy.

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