Resources on anti-democratic thought

A list of books and journal articles tagged anti-democratic / antidemocratic / anti-democracy / antidemocracy / post-democratic / postdemocratic / post-democracy / postdemocracy / democracy and its critics / critics of democracy

Resources for the study of anti-democratic thought:

"Anti-Democratic Thought", by Erich Kofmel (Editor), Exeter and Charlottesville: Imprint Academic, 2008
www.amazon.com/Anti-Democratic-Thought-Erich-Kofmel/dp/1845401247/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233149632&sr=8-1

The book is fully searchable on Google Book Search:
books.google.com/books?printsec=frontcover&id=KkMdJtaaeOYC

"Beyond Democracy to Post-Democracy: Conceiving a Better Model of Governance to Supercede Democracy", by Peter Baofu, Lewiston/NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2004
vol. 1:
www.amazon.com/Beyond-Democracy-Post-Democracy-Conceiving-Governance/dp/0773462163/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233068461&sr=1-4
vol. 2:
www.amazon.com/Beyond-Democracy-Post-Democracy-Conceiving-Governance/dp/077346218X/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233068542&sr=1-17

"Antidemocratic Trends in Twentieth Century America", by Roland L. DeLorme and Raymond G. McInnis (Editors), Reading/MA: Addison-Wesley, 1969
(out of print)

"Against the Masses: Varieties of Anti-Democratic Thought Since the French Revolution", by Joseph V. Femia, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001
www.amazon.com/Against-Masses-Varieties-Anti-Democratic-Revolution/dp/0198280637/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233068780&sr=1-9

"The Case Against the Democratic State: An Essay in Cultural Criticism", by Gordon Graham, Exeter and Charlottesville: Imprint Academic, 2002
www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Democratic-State-Societas/dp/090784538X/ref=sr_1_30?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233068925&sr=1-30

"Democracy: The God That Failed", by Hans-Hermann Hoppe, New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2001
www.amazon.com/Democracy-Economics-Politics-Monarchy-Natural/dp/0765808684/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233068978&sr=1-1

"Hatred of Democracy", by Jacques Rancière, London and New York: Verso, 2006
www.amazon.com/Hatred-Democracy-Jacques-Ranciere/dp/1844670988/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233069014&sr=1-1

"Athens on Trial: The Antidemocratic Tradition in Western Thought", by Jennifer Tolbert Roberts, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994
www.amazon.com/Athens-Trial-Jennifer-Tolbert-Roberts/dp/0691029199/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233069052&sr=1-1

"Democracy on Trial", by Jean Bethke Elshtain, New York: Basic Books, 1995
www.amazon.com/Democracy-Trial-Jean-Bethke-Elshtain/dp/0465016170/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233069096&sr=1-1

"What's Wrong with Democracy? From Athenian Practice to American Worship", by Loren J. Samons II, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004

www.amazon.com/Whats-Wrong-Democracy-Athenian-Practice/dp/0520251687/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234882802&sr=8-1

"Patterns of Anti-Democratic Thought: An Analysis and A Criticism, with special reference to the American political mind in recent times", by David Spitz, New York: Macmillan, 1949

(out of print)

"Democracy and Its Critics", by Robert A. Dahl, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989
www.amazon.com/Democracy-Its-Critics-Robert-Dahl/dp/0300049382/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233069139&sr=1-1

"Post-Democracy", by Colin Crouch, Cambridge: Polity, 2004
www.amazon.com/Post-Democracy-Themes-Century-Colin-Crouch/dp/0745633153/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233069194&sr=1-1

"Counter-Terrorism and the Post-Democratic State", by Jenny Hocking and Colleen Lewis (Editors), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007
www.amazon.com/Counter-Terrorism-Post-Democratic-Monash-Studies-Movements/dp/1845429176/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233069227&sr=1-1

"Cynicism and Hope: Reclaiming Discipleship in a Postdemocratic Society", by Meg E. Cox (Editor), Eugene: Cascade Books, 2009
www.amazon.com/Cynicism-Hope-Reclaiming-Discipleship-Postdemocratic/dp/1606082140/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233069262&sr=1-1

Book chapter:

"China's Political Trajectory: What Are the Chinese Saying?", by Andrew J. Nathan, in"China’s Changing Political Landscape: Prospects for Democracy", by Cheng Li (Editor), Washington/DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2008
www.amazon.com/Chinas-Changing-Political-Landscape-Prospects/dp/0815752091/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233069301&sr=1-1

For the "out of print" items, check your library or used-book sellers.

Journal articles:

"The New Antidemocrats", by Bruce Gilley, Orbis, 2006, 50 (2): 259-71

“The Enemies of Democracy”, by Laurie Calhoun, International Journal of World Peace, 2007, 24 (2): 63-83

"Was Democracy Just a Moment?", by Robert D. Kaplan, Atlantic Monthly, 1997, 280 (6):55-80