The Struggle for the People: Five Hundred Years of Danish History in Short

by Ove Korsgaard

In this book Ove Korsgaard, the well-known scholar of democracy, examines how the concept of people has changed throughout Danish history. Interpretations and uses of this notion have had dramatic influence on the building of Danish society. The struggle for the people is the struggle for power in society. Until the age of Enlightenment, the concept was used to categorize the subjects of the master of the house, the subjects of the King, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8776842533
• ISBN13: 9788776842536
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Aarhus University Press
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.8"