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The Democratic Imagination: Envisioning Popular Power in the Twenty-First Century

机译：民主的想象力：构想二十一世纪的民众权力

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The communication scholar or student interested in contemporary debates on democracy may find some interesting food for thought in Cairns and Sears' The Democratic Imagination. The book is positioned as an effort to open up the notion of democracy, prompting readers to "define for themselves what characterizes meaningful democracy" (p. 4). As individuals, we are told that we need to rethink democracy in relation to our everyday life: how would we learn, work, and structure our personal relations if we were indeed committed to acting democratically in everything we do? As we ask these questions, the authors hope our collective understanding of democracy may be expanded, leading to a renewed engagement with and commitment to protecting genuine, grassroots democratic movements. The central argument revolves around the idea that democracy has become a rigid yet empty denominator: while we all agree that democracy is inherently positive, we are unhappy with how contemporary democratic arrangements have turned out. This paradox both prevents us from questioning democracy and stymies political engagement.
机译：对当代民主辩论感兴趣的传播学者或学生，可能会在凯恩斯和西尔斯的《民主想象》中找到一些有趣的思考食物。该书的定位是努力开拓民主的概念，促使读者“为自己定义有意义的民主的特征”（第4页）。作为个人，我们被告知我们需要重新思考与日常生活有关的民主：如果我们确实致力于在我们所做的一切事情中采取民主行动，我们将如何学习，工作和构建个人关系？当我们提出这些问题时，作者希望我们对民主的集体理解可以扩大，从而导致人们重新参与并致力于保护真正的基层民主运动。中心论点围绕着民主已成为一个僵化但空洞的分母的观点：虽然我们都同意民主固有地是积极的，但我们对当代民主安排的结果并不满意。这种悖论既阻止我们质疑民主，也阻碍了政治参与。

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