The Democratic Paradox,9781859847589

The Democratic Paradox

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ISBN13: 9781859847589
ISBN10: 1859847587
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-07-17
Publisher(s): Verso
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Summary

From the theory of 'deliberative democracy' to the politics of the 'third way', the present Zeitgeist is characterized by an attempt to negate the inherently conflictual nature of democratic politics. Political thought and practice are stifled by a misconceived search for consensus and the promotion of a bland social unanimity which, as Chantal Mouffe shows, far from being the sign of progress, constitute a serious threat for democratic institutions. Indeed, in many countries this 'consensus of the centre' is providing a platform for the growth of populist right-wing parties which, by presenting themselves as the only 'anti-establishment' forces, are trying to occupy the terrain of contestation deserted by the left.

Author Biography

Chantal Mouffe is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Foreword xi
Introduction: The Democratic Paradox 1(16)
Democracy, Power and `The Political'
17(19)
Carl Schmitt and the Paradox of Liberal Democracy
36(24)
Wittgenstein, Political Theory and Democracy
60(20)
For an Agonistic Model of Democracy
80(28)
A Politics without Adversary?
108(21)
Conclusion: The Ethics of Democracy 129(12)
Index 141

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