...Stein Ringen This commentary is part of Global Perspectives review symposium on democracy. 1. [email protected] 3 2 2023 3 2 2023 Democracy Culture Social Media Power Out of three books as scrutinized by four eminent scholars comes a remarkable...

... culture is the broad-based commitment to an ethos of deliberation. “It is on a foundation of continuous deliberation that good laws can be shaped and law accepted as legitimate” (111). While doubling down on representative legislatures in the face of widespread skepticism about their effectiveness, Ringen...

...Roland Bernecker; Ronald Grätz The article addresses transformations in the perception of Liberty and Liberalism, and links them to contemporary concepts of culturality. It provides an analysis of the causes and directionality of the significant shift in our perception of the relation of culture...

...Helmut K. Anheier This article reviews the state of the social sciences with respect to the study of culture and cultures. It also examines the closely related concepts of values and identities. It does not attempt to be comprehensive—a task that would be daunting given the diverse and rich...