Demos Kratia Crushia: The Slow Hollowing of Democracy
₹299.00
- By: Satya Kasturi
- ISBN: 9789376868704
- Price: 299/-
- Page: 189
- Size: 5×8
- Category: PHILOSOPHY / General
- Language: English
- Delivery Time: 07-09 Days
Description
About The Book
Democracy began as demos kratia — the power of the people.
Today, the forms remain, but something feels different. Elections continue, institutions stand, yet power often seems distant, negotiated, even compressed. This book introduces a striking idea: crossing out kratia to reveal crushia — where citizens are formally sovereign but practically peripheral.
Written in a personal, reflective voice, this is not an academic treatise but a quiet inquiry into the changing nature of democracy. With humility, satire, and concern, the author explores how systems meant to empower can slowly begin to weigh upon the people.
Because the greatest danger to democracy is not its fall —
but its unnoticed transformation.
About The Author
The author of Demos Kratia Crushia is, above all, a book lover.
Writing for him is not an act of authority, but an extension of curiosity. He does not present himself as an expert, a master, or a final voice on the subjects he explores. Instead, he writes as a seeker — someone trying to understand the world by questioning it honestly.
Deeply influenced by the Socratic principle that “the highest wisdom is knowing that you know nothing,” he approaches complex themes with humility rather than certainty. His work is not meant to instruct from above, but to reflect from within.
He believes that inquiry is more powerful than assertion, that questions endure longer than conclusions, and that wisdom begins where arrogance ends.
For him, writing is not about possessing answers.
It is about pursuing them.
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