Rent The Return of the Political (Radical Thinkers) (Radical Thinkers)

Synopsis

An original and powerful statement which enables us to close the widening gap between liberal democracy and the events of a disordered world.

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.

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