Radical Democracy and Its Limits

• Main Author: Matijasevich, David (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Political philosophy.; Political theory.; Democracy.; Political Philosophy.; Political Theory.

Over the last several decades, many political theorists have touted the banner of "radical democracy" to view the agonistic-that is, non-coercive-struggle against power as the correct way forward for progressive political actors, rather than the antagonistic acquisition or use of it. The b...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Radical Democracy and Its Antagonism Problem
• 2. Thought and Action: The Theoretical Bases of Radical Democratic Agonism
• 3. From Protest to War: Agonism and Antagonism in HDZ Croatia
• 4. Red vs. Yellow: Organic Crisis and the Radical Democratic Politics of Thailand
• 5. Radically Open to Radically Closed: The End of Agonism in Post-Colonial Singapore
• 6. Towards Revolution or Reform? Radical Democratic Impasse in France's May 68
• 7. Cross-Case Comparison: Scenarios and Circumstances of Radical Democratic Politics
• 8. Five Problems for Radical Democratic Theory
• 9. The Future of Radical Democracy.