{"product_id":"dimensions-of-radical-democracy-pluralism-citizenship-community-paperback","title":"Dimensions of Radical Democracy: Pluralism, Citizenship, Community - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChantal Mouffe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe themes of citizenship and community are today at the center of a fierce debate as both left and right try to mobilize them for their cause. For the left such notions are crucial in all the current attempts to redefine political struggle through extending and deepening democracy. But, argue the contributors to this volume, these concepts need to be made compatible with the pluralism that marks modern democracy. Rather than reject the liberal tradition, they argue, the aim should be to radicalize it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese essays set out to examine what types of \"citizen\" and \"community\" might be required by such a radical and plural democracy. From a range of disciplines and a fruitful diversity of theoretical perspectives, the contributors help us to address the following challenge: how to defend the greatest possible pluralism without destroying the very framework of the democratic political community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite their differences, a vision emerges from these essays which is sharply at odds both with the universalistic and rationalistic conception to be found in the work of Habermas, and with postmodern celebrations of absolute heterogeneity. For this book is an exploration of \u003ci\u003epolitics\u003c\/i\u003e--of a politics where power, conflict and antagonism will always play a central role.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChantal Mouffe\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Return of the Political\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHegemony and Socialist Strategy\u003c\/i\u003e (with Ernesto Laclau); \u003ci\u003eThe Dimensions of Radical Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGramsci and Marxist Theory\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDeconstruction and Pragmatism\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Democratic Paradox\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Challenge of Carl Schmitt\u003c\/i\u003e, all from Verso. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBryan S. Turner\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at Cambridge University in England and a professorial fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Body and Society\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), \u003ci\u003eMedical Power and Social Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e (1987) and \u003ci\u003eRegulating Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e (1992). He is the joint editor with Mike Featherstone of the journal \u003ci\u003eBody \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches medical sociology and the sociology of human rights at Cambridge. He is currently editing the \u003ci\u003eCambridge Dictionary of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e (with Craig Calhoun and Chris Rojek) and the \u003ci\u003eInternational Handbook of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also doing research on rights, learning disabilities, and social inclusion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSlavoj Žižek\u003c\/b\u003e is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include \u003ci\u003eLiving in the End Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFirst as Tragedy, Then as Farce\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Lost Causes\u003c\/i\u003e, four volumes of the Essential Žižek, and many more.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 262\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9.2 x 6.09 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42129995399303,"sku":"9780860915560","price":28.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/72b093e4b981881828a03719425eb837.webp?v=1732607434","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/dimensions-of-radical-democracy-pluralism-citizenship-community-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}