The Democratic ParadoxVerso, 2000 - 143 pagina's "Drawing on the work of Wittgenstein and Derrida, and engaging with the provocative theses of Carl Schmitt, she proposes a new understanding of democracy in terms of 'agonistic pluralism' which acknowledges the ineradicability of antagonsim and the impossibility of a final resolution of conflicts." --Cover. |
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... fact that in larger and more complex societies direct forms of democratic rule are no longer possible ; it is for that reason that modern democracy has to be representative . Others , like Claude Lefort , insist on the symbolic ...
... fact that in larger and more complex societies direct forms of democratic rule are no longer possible ; it is for that reason that modern democracy has to be representative . Others , like Claude Lefort , insist on the symbolic ...
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... fact , since they depend on the way ' human rights ' are defined and interpreted at a given moment , they are the expression of the prevailing hegemony and thereby contestable . What cannot be contestable in a liberal democracy is the ...
... fact , since they depend on the way ' human rights ' are defined and interpreted at a given moment , they are the expression of the prevailing hegemony and thereby contestable . What cannot be contestable in a liberal democracy is the ...
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... fact they have simply given up the traditional struggle of the left for equality . Under the pretence of rethinking and updating democratic demands , their calls for ' moderniza- tion ' , ' flexibility ' and ' responsibility ' disguise ...
... fact they have simply given up the traditional struggle of the left for equality . Under the pretence of rethinking and updating democratic demands , their calls for ' moderniza- tion ' , ' flexibility ' and ' responsibility ' disguise ...
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... fact that many sectors of the working classes feel that their interests are better defended by those parties than by social democrats . Having lost faith in the traditional democratic pro- cess , they are an easy target for the ...
... fact that many sectors of the working classes feel that their interests are better defended by those parties than by social democrats . Having lost faith in the traditional democratic pro- cess , they are an easy target for the ...
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Inhoudsopgave
Democracy Power and The Political | 17 |
Carl Schmitt and the Paradox of Liberal Democracy | 34 |
Wittgenstein Political Theory and Democracy | 58 |
For an Agonistic Model of Democracy | 78 |
A Politics Without Adversary? | 106 |
The Ethics of Democracy | 127 |
Index | 139 |
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