The themes of citizenship and community are today at the centre of a fierce debate as both Left and Right try to mobilize them for their cause. For the Left such notions are crucial in all the current attempts to redefine political struggle through extending and deepening democracy. But, argue the contributors to this volume, these concepts need to be made compatible with the pluralism that marks modern democracy. Rather than reject the liberal tradition, they argue, the aim should be to radicalize it. These essays set out to examine what types of 'citizen' and 'community' might be required by such a radical and plural democracy. From a range of disciplines and a fruitful diversity of theoretical perspectives, the contributors help us to address the following challenge: how to defend the greatest possible pluralism without destroying the very framework of the democratic political community. Despite their differences, a vision emerges from these essays which is sharply at odds both with the universalistic and rationalistic conception to be found in the work of Habermas, and with postmodern celebrations of absolute heterogeneity. For this book is an exploration of politics--of a politics where power, conflict and antagonism will always play a central role.
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Further democratisation,
This review is from: Dimensions of Radical Democracy: Pluralism, Citizenship, Community (Phronesis) (Paperback)
This book brings a collection of various essays on the debate of democracy. Here the various contributors share the view that a progression is needed from liberal democracy, but without destroying its already mechanisms. Notion of citizenship and community are taken as the centre of debate. Edited by Chantal Mouffe, who also provides a contribution, the book can be a standard text for those interested in contemporary debate of democracy and its further possibilities.
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I would not reccomend this book to anyone. It is evident that each of these pieces was part of a longer article but was butchered down to the point where arguments seem weak, incomplete, and disjointed. Furthermore, one piece even goes as far as using ideas of Hannah Arendt and claiming that they are the basis of some sort of mixed up political theory. Hannah Arendt is not a political theorist people, she even says as much herself! Overall, this book was a complete waste of time and money.
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