Agonistics: Thinking the World Politically
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Agonistics: Thinking the World Politically is a political theory book by Chantal Mouffe that develops her influential concept of agonistic pluralism as an alternative to consensus-driven liberal democracy.
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| Agonistics: Thinking the World Politically canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Agonistics: Thinking the World Politically Context triple: [Chantal Mouffe, notableWork, Agonistics: Thinking the World Politically]
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A Preface to Politics
A Preface to Politics is a 1913 political and social critique by Walter Lippmann that challenges traditional liberalism and explores how modern industrial society demands new approaches to democracy and governance.
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The Concept of the Political
The Concept of the Political is Carl Schmitt’s influential treatise that defines the political realm through the friend–enemy distinction and critiques liberalism’s attempt to depoliticize conflict.
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Means Without End: Notes on Politics
Means Without End: Notes on Politics is a collection of essays by Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben that explores themes such as biopolitics, state power, and the nature of contemporary political life.
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Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought
Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought is a seminal work of political theory that analyzes how modern forms of governance shape individual freedom and subjectivity through subtle techniques of power.
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The Myth of the State
The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
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Target entity: Agonistics: Thinking the World Politically Target entity description: Agonistics: Thinking the World Politically is a political theory book by Chantal Mouffe that develops her influential concept of agonistic pluralism as an alternative to consensus-driven liberal democracy.
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A.
A Preface to Politics
A Preface to Politics is a 1913 political and social critique by Walter Lippmann that challenges traditional liberalism and explores how modern industrial society demands new approaches to democracy and governance.
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B.
The Concept of the Political
The Concept of the Political is Carl Schmitt’s influential treatise that defines the political realm through the friend–enemy distinction and critiques liberalism’s attempt to depoliticize conflict.
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C.
Means Without End: Notes on Politics
Means Without End: Notes on Politics is a collection of essays by Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben that explores themes such as biopolitics, state power, and the nature of contemporary political life.
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D.
Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought
Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought is a seminal work of political theory that analyzes how modern forms of governance shape individual freedom and subjectivity through subtle techniques of power.
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E.
The Myth of the State
The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ political theory book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | political theory ⓘ |
| advocates | a conflictual conception of democracy ⓘ |
| argues |
that democracy should transform antagonism into agonism
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that political conflict is ineradicable in democratic societies ⓘ |
| author | Chantal Mouffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continuesWorkOf |
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy
NERFINISHED
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On the Political NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizes | consensus-driven models of liberal democracy ⓘ |
| developsConcept | agonistic pluralism ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
political philosophy
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political science ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
the construction of political frontiers
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the limits of rational consensus ⓘ the role of conflict in democratic politics ⓘ |
| genre | political theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Antonio Gramsci
NERFINISHED
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Carl Schmitt NERFINISHED ⓘ post-structuralism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
agonistic pluralism
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democratic theory ⓘ hegemony ⓘ liberal democracy ⓘ pluralism ⓘ political agonism ⓘ political conflict ⓘ post-Marxism ⓘ radical democracy ⓘ |
| opposes | deliberative democracy models based on full consensus ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
continental philosophy
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critical theory ⓘ |
| proposes | agonistic pluralism as an alternative to consensus-driven liberal democracy ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
agonism
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antagonism ⓘ the political ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy
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On the Political NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
researchers in democratic theory
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scholars of political theory ⓘ students of political science ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework | agonistic pluralism ⓘ |
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