Uncivil Wars: How Contempt Is Corroding Democracy: Quarterly Essay 87

by Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens

Why is public debate increasingly polarised - and what can we do about it?

Is our democracy corroding? In this original, eloquent essay, Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens explore the ethics and politics of public debate - and the threat it now faces.

In a healthy society we need the capacity to disagree. Yet Aly and Stephens note a growing tendency to disdain and dismiss opponents, to treat them with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1760643564
• ISBN13: 9781760643560
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Quarterly Essay
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"