Democracy is in bad shape almost everywhere. More than ever, democratic institutions and the demanding standards towards which they aspire must be defended. Yet these cannot be defended well unless they are properly conceived. In this respect, The Lottocratic Mentality: Defending Democracy against Lottocracy by Nadia Urbinati and Cristina Lafont (2024) matters greatly. At the same time, democratic theory must also guard itself against complacent idealism, where rational reconstruction, ratio...
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