The Democratic Paradox"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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Contents
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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| Title | The Democratic Paradox Phronesis (London) Phronesis (London, England) Phronesis Series |
| Author | Chantal Mouffe |
| Publisher | Verso, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1859842798, 9781859842799 |
| Length | 143 pages |
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