Return Of Political Rad Thk 8 Pa

by Mouffe,Chantal

• ISBN13: 9781844670574
• ISBN10: 1844670570
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-17
• Publisher: VERSO

Summary

In this work, Mouffe argues that liberal democracy misunderstands the problems of ethnic, religious and nationalist conflicts because of its inadequate conception of politics. He suggests that the democratic revolution may be jeopardized by a lack of understanding of citizenship, community and pluralism. Mouffe examines the work of Schmidt and Rawls and explores feminist theory, in an attempt to place the project of radical and plural democracy on a more adequate foundation than is provided by liberal theory.

Author Biography

Chantal Mouffe is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster. Her books include The Return of the Political; Hegemony and Socialist Strategy (with Ernesto Laclau); The Dimensions of Radical Democracy; Gramsci and Marxist Theory; Deconstruction and Pragmatism; The Democratic Paradox; and The Challenge of Carl Schmitt, all from Verso.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vi
Foreword	vii
Introduction: For an Agonistic Pluralism	1	(8)
Radical Democracy: Modern or Postmodern?	9	(14)
American Liberalism and its Communitarian Critics	23	(18)
Rawls: Political Philosophy without Politics	41	(19)
Democratic Citizenship and the Political Community	60	(14)
Feminism, Citizenship and Radical Democratic Politics	74	(16)
Towards a Liberal Socialism	90	(12)
On the Articulation between Liberalism and Democracy	102	(15)
Pluralism and Modern Democracy: Around Carl Schmitt	117	(18)
Politics and the Limits of Liberalism	135	(20)
Index	155