Mark Wenman

Agonistic Democracy

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Produktbeschreibung

A pioneering analysis of agonistic democracy, its history, central thinkers and contribution to contemporary political theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 666g
• ISBN-13: 9781107003729
• ISBN-10: 1107003725
• Artikelnr.: 38612808

Autorenporträt

Mark Wenman is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Nottingham, where he teaches contemporary political theory and the history of political thought. He has published articles on agonistic democracy and post-structuralism in leading academic journals, including Contemporary Political Theory, Philosophy and Social Criticism and Political Studies. Mark is a founding member of CONCEPT: The Nottingham Centre for Normative Political Theory.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Introduction: agonism and the constituent power
1. Agonism: pluralism, tragedy, and the value of conflict
2. Democracy: the constituent power as augmentation and/or revolution
Part II: 3. An ethos of agonistic respect: William E. Connolly
4. Agonistic struggles for independence: James Tully
5. Agonism and the problem of antagonism: Chantal Mouffe
6. Agonism and the paradoxes of (re)foundation: Bonnie Honig
Part III: 7. Agonism and militant cosmopolitanism
Conclusion: agonism after the end of history.