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A collection of essays by E. M. Forster on politics, culture and art, published in 1951. The title reflects his ambivalent attitude towards democracy, which he praises but also criticizes.
There is nothing substantively new about Two Cheers. Knowledgeable readers will recognize his arguments in Seeing Like a State or The Art of Not Being Governed. Rather, the book presents in 29 breezy, easy-to-understand vignettes of anarchism in action and the principles driving these actions.
Edward Morgan Forster. Harcourt, Brace, 1951 - Fiction - 363 pages. Essays that applaud democracy's toleration of individual freedom and self-criticism and deplore its encouragement of...
TWO CHEERS FOR DEMOCRACY. Barry Turner charts the uneven course for a political ideal. It is one of the great ironies of contemporary politics that while the western powers proclaim the virtues of democracy to the rest of the world, they themselves seem to be losing faith in the legitimacy of popular governments.
The essays in Two Cheers for Democracy span a period of about twenty years—through the 30s and the 40s—and they’re incredibly humane. He touches on the prejudices of the day, the emerging totalitarianisms, and he has a wonderful essay on anti-Semitism.
29 de oct. de 1970 · There is nothing substantively new about Two Cheers. Knowledgeable readers will recognize his arguments in Seeing Like a State or The Art of Not Being Governed. Rather, the book presents in 29 breezy, easy-to-understand vignettes of anarchism in action and the principles driving these actions.
1 de dic. de 2014 · In the elegiac piece that concludes Two Cheers for Democracy, ‘The Last of Abinger’, Forster presents us with some extracts from a diary that reveal his deep affection for place, his sensitivity to the beauties of the turning world and his sense of its sadness. In this lovely meditation, he searches for meaning in the English countryside ...
