Sökning: "Radical democracy"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 32 avhandlingar innehållade orden Radical democracy.
1. From Antagonism to Alienation : Redirecting Radical Democracy
Sammanfattning : How can democratic theory address contemporary problems of alienation? Today, alienation manifests itself primarily in processes of precarization and deprofessionalization. When the subject’s work security or professional autonomy is undermined, her relations – not only to others, but also to herself – can become inhibited. LÄS MER
2. Radical democracy redux : politics and subjectivity beyond Habermas and Mouffe
Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates two contemporary theories of radical democracy, Jürgen Habermas’s deliberative and Chantal Mouffe’s agonistic democracy. By bringing the two scholars together and constructing a debate between them, their respective strengths and weaknesses are highlighted and the similarities and differences are pointed out. LÄS MER
3. The Art of Making Democratic Trouble : Four Art Events and Radical Democratic Theory
Sammanfattning : Heated debates and strong emotions occasionally arise in the public sphere in the wake of an art object. The interaction that follows becomes part of what we as citizens share in a democracy, with its particular conditions of political speech and democratic exchange. LÄS MER
4. Seeing Otherwise : Renegotiating Religion and Democracy as Questions for Education
Sammanfattning : Rooted in philosophy of education, the overall purpose of this dissertation is to renegotiate the relationship between education, religion, and democracy by placing the religious subject at the centre of this renegotiation. While education is the main focus, the study draws its energy from the fact that tensions around religious beliefs and practices seem to touch upon the very heart of liberal democracy. LÄS MER
5. Justice and Society : Problems of Reformist Politics
Sammanfattning : The subject of the dissertation is a theoretical discussion of the possibilities and limitations of reformist politics. Theories of social justice and democracy are discussed and assessed in relation to the argument that reformist politics, which underlie the welfare state program, is a contradictory politics. LÄS MER
