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dc.contributor.author | Martinez, Usdin | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-18T10:03:27Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-12-18T10:03:27Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018-12 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Martinez, U. (2018). Towards an agonistic account of democracy, conflict, and institutions. Antae Journal, 5(3), 272-286. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/37525 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In this paper, I offer a move back from a trend in political theory that posits strong divergence—even a contradiction—between two meanings of democracy. On the one hand, a liberal account of democracy conceives it as the set of institutions that shape a political regime and allow government; on the other, a radical tradition identifies democracy with a critical principle for transforming social order. By discussing these trends through the opposition between institution and conflict, I make the case for an agonistic approach of democratic institutions and conflict that relocates democracy both beyond liberalism and the radical tradition. I will do so by critically examining the works of Claude Lefort and Miguel Abensour, principally, where a Machiavellian ontology of social conflict inhibits this agonistic approach. I then draw on the analysis of Hannah Arendt and Jacques Rancière in order to argue for a political theory of democracy that accounts for this link. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | University of Malta. Department of English | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Democracy -- Research | en_GB |
dc.subject | Liberalism | en_GB |
dc.subject | Tradition (Philosophy) | en_GB |
dc.subject | Political science -- Philosophy | en_GB |
dc.title | Towards an agonistic account of democracy, conflict, and institutions | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.publication.title | Antae Journal | en_GB |
Appears in Collections: | Antae Journal, Volume 5, Issue 3 Antae Journal, Volume 5, Issue 3 |
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