COMPREHENSION ASSESSMENT ON WOLIN

COMPREHENSION ASSESSMENT ON WOLIN.

This activity will provide you with practice in 1. identifying the most important claims and arguments in a lengthy, dense reading and 2. evaluating philosophical arguments critically.

1. Multiple choice/select one. According to Wolin, constitutional democracy is

2. Multiple choice/select one. Wolin claims real democracy has the following qualities:

3. Multiple choice/select one. Wolin describes Superpower, a.k.a. the current hegemonic nation, the U.S., as:

4. Multiple choice/select one. Wolin claims – quite polemically – that Superpower is a form of inverted totalitarianism. It is totalitarian insofar as “its crucial element is the steady drive toward totality” (606), as seen in endless war and economic accumulation. He claims it is an “inversion” of 20th century totalitarianism, though, because it has the following qualities:

5. True or False. Wolin believes that capitalism and democracy are compatible. 

6. True or False. Wolin believes that representative government prevents and/or solves most of the dangers of democracy.

7. Multiple choice/select one. Wolin maintains that democracy is fugitive because: 

8. Short Essay. 350 words or more. What does Wolin try to renew with his fugitive model of democracy? What criticisms do you have of this model?

COMPREHENSION ASSESSMENT ON WOLIN

 

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