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This introductory chapter presents the central thesis of the book and introduces the concept of political poverty. I discuss the way political participation has become a social norm and present prior conceptions of political passivity and apathy. I then present the concept of political poverty and show its relevance to theorizing democratic participation. In the last part of the introduction I present an outline of the book and summaries of its two parts. In the first part I present a model for experientalist theorizing, discuss a prior conception of political poverty by James Bohman, and present the concept of faith in oneself and in democracy as a way to understand how freedom becomes meaningful in experience. The second part of the book consists of four chapters that discuss different experiential aspects of the loss of faith and a conclusion.

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    2025年

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  • Joonas S. Martikainen

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This introductory chapter presents the central thesis of the book and introduces the concept of political poverty. I discuss the way political participation has become a social norm and present prior conceptions of political passivity and apathy. I then present the concept of political poverty and show its relevance to theorizing democratic participation. In the last part of the introduction I present an outline of the book and summaries of its two parts. In the first part I present a model for experientalist theorizing, discuss a prior conception of political poverty by James Bohman, and present the concept of faith in oneself and in democracy as a way to understand how freedom becomes meaningful in experience. The second part of the book consists of four chapters that discuss different experiential aspects of the loss of faith and a conclusion.