We praise democracy most of the time, but we practice it as if we had accepted every argument against it, as if we believed it must depress the level of culture and of public life
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Alexandra SteinAlexandra Stein was born in South Africa, brought up in London and has lived in Paris and the United States. She is studying for a doctorate in sociology at the University of Minnesota, focusing on the social psychology of extremist groups. She is the author of a memoir, Inside Out: a memoir of entering and breaking out of a Minneapolis political cult (St Cloud, North Star Press, 2002). Recent articlesThe human dimension: a response to Gitlin and Monbiot The language of political argument can be used to evade the dangers of a ‘totalism’ that reproduces power-hunger in the guise of liberation. Alexandra Stein, locked for a decade inside a political cult, learned this the hard way. For her, being radical and making change requires an understanding of emotion and close human relationships as well as ideas. |
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