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PHILOSOPHY & SOCIAL CRITICISM
Volume 38, Issue 1, Pages 81-104Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0191453711421605
Keywords
agonism; agonistic pluralism; associative agonism; deliberation; dissociative agonism; exclusion
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In recent years a growing number of democratic theorists have proposed ways to increase citizen engagement, while channeling those democratic energies in positive directions and away from systematic marginalization, exclusion and intolerance. One novel answer is provided by a strain of democratic theory known as agonistic pluralism, which valorizes adversarial engagement and recognizes the marginalizing tendencies implicit in drives to consensus and stability. However, the divergences between competing variants of agonistic pluralism remain largely underdeveloped or unrecognized. In this article, I address this shortcoming, examining these strains of agonism around the constraints placed upon democratic discourse. I argue that the 'associative agonism' of theorists such as Bonnie Honig and William Connolly offers the best means for cultivating virtues necessary to revitalize a contentious democratic politics which also fosters receptivity to pluralism and difference.
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