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Language, Democracy, and the Paradox of Constituent Power: Declarations Independence Comparative Perspective
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Language, Democracy, and the Paradox of Constituent Power: Declarations Independence Comparative Perspective
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Language, Democracy, and the Paradox of Constituent Power: Declarations Independence Comparative Perspective
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Beginning with the founding speech in the American Declaration, Frost uses insights drawn from unexpected or unlikely forms of founding in cases like Ireland and Canada to reconsider the role of time and loss in how such speech is framed. She brings the discussion up to date by looking at recent debates in Scotland, where an undeclared declaration of independence overshadows contemporary politics. Drawing on the work of Hannah Arendt and using a contextualist, comparative theory method, Frost demonstrates that the capacity for renewal through speech arises in aspects of language that operate beyond conventional performativity.
Language, Democracy
and the Paradox of Constituent Power is an excellent resource for researchers and students of political theory, democratic theory, law, constitutionalism, and political history.