TY - BOOK AU - Monti,Daniel J. TI - Democracy and disconsent: liberalism and illiberalism in Ferguson, Charlottesville, Black Lives Matter, and the Capitol insurrection SN - 9781032679365 U1 - 303.60973 23/eng/20240130 PY - 2024/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Political violence KW - United States KW - Protest movements KW - Social conflict KW - Democracy KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations KW - Race relations KW - Politics and government KW - 1989- N2 - "This volume is a thorough re-examination of civil unrest and discontent in the United States, particularly the intersection of democracy and violence. The work argues that unrest and violence are embedded rituals of social and political 'disconsent', and are constitutive features of citizen-based democracy. As such, they are part of how democratic life works: unrest is the eruptive, visible grammar of citizens in a democratic society. Democracy and citizen unrest and violence in the United States is set within a deeper history. The author traces the roots of American democracy -- and the rituals of disconsent -- to their sources in ancient Mediterranean political society, demonstrating that early democratic theory and practice understood unrest and revolt as morally grounded. Featuring case studies of recent episodes of political and social 'disconsent' in the United States, the volume contextualizes the Black Lives Matter protests, unrest around police and institutional violence, and the Capitol insurrection on January 6th. Through this, the book provides an important social theoretical lens through which to understand American discontent around racial injustice, political suppression, and citizen disillusionment"-- UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781032679365 ER -