Ask the Author: Walter Horn
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Walter Horn
Will do. Thanks.
Walter Horn
Incidentally, I have a paper coming out this month on "the tyranny of the majority" and why it is inconsistent with even the most radical authentic democracy. It will be in RJSP (The Romanian Journal of Society and Politics.)
Walter Horn
To quote Robin Williamson of the Incredible String Band, "What is that we are part of--and what is it that we are?"
Walter Horn
My messaging isn't turned off. But I can't message you either. Maybe it's allowed for friends only?
Walter Horn
He didn't enjoy my take on his book on free will. I suggested he pull it until he has a better handle on what compatibalism is and on the important differences between propositions and definitions. He considers criticisms of that kind to be uncivil and ad hominem, and either that such behavior has no place in philosophical discussions, or, at any rate that, as he is 75 and wants to write two more books, he has no time for it.
Walter Horn
I'm now fiddling with a couple of papers that I couldn't fit into my book--although one is starting to look like it might have to wait for a second edition and become a new introduction. (Believe me, I know that a second edition isn't in the bag: gotta sell quite a few of the current one first!)
Walter Horn
For over 40 years, I've found inspiration in the work of American philosopher Everett W. Hall, a man who died at the height of his powers in 1960. Hall wrote mostly about epistemology and value theory, but he did publish one short paper on political philosophy, right after WWII. Through the head librarian of his archival material at the University of Southern Ilinois, I discovered that he also had an unpublished book manuscript on the subject. After reading it, I thought I'd try to develop some material from it into a paper on what I call "CHOICE voluntarism."
After finishing that work, it began to strike me how that concept might fit into an entirely new picture of democratic theory. And as longtime critic of nearly every American electoral system, I was excited to apply my theory to such matters as the Electoral College, gerrymandering, immigration, youth voting, term limits, etc.
Anyhow, my new book is called "Democratic Theory Naturalized: The Foundations of Distilled Populism," and it's coming out on Lexington Books (an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield) this Fall.
After finishing that work, it began to strike me how that concept might fit into an entirely new picture of democratic theory. And as longtime critic of nearly every American electoral system, I was excited to apply my theory to such matters as the Electoral College, gerrymandering, immigration, youth voting, term limits, etc.
Anyhow, my new book is called "Democratic Theory Naturalized: The Foundations of Distilled Populism," and it's coming out on Lexington Books (an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield) this Fall.
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