Does Democracy Die in Darkness? Katlyn Carter on Transparency and Secrecy in Early Representative Governments

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If we're thinking about democracy as something broader that is producing equality, justice or these kind of things, often those policies that we might describe as democratic policies can emerge from processes that are undemocratic. I think that's uncomfortable for us to think about.

Katlyn Carter
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Katlyn Carter is an assistant professor of history at Notre Dame University. She is the author of Democracy in Darkness: Secrecy and Transparency in the Age of Revolutions.
Key Highlights

• Introduction - 0:41
• The Birth of Republics - 3:10
• Publicity - 19:23
• Spectacle - 26:43
• Representation - 35:43

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Rozdziały

1. Does Democracy Die in Darkness? Katlyn Carter on Transparency and Secrecy in Early Representative Governments (00:00:00)

2. Introduction (00:01:16)

3. The Birth of Two Republics (00:03:45)

4. Publicity (00:19:58)

5. Spectacle (00:27:18)

6. Representation (00:36:18)