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Democracy and Relativism - A Debate (Hardcover)
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Democracy and Relativism - A Debate (Hardcover)
Series: Reinventing Critical Theory
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In this vibrant debate with intellectuals influenced by Marcel
Mauss, including Alain Caille and Chantal Mouffe, the incisive
Greek-French activist and philosopher Cornelius Castoriadis
addresses the challenge of critical thinking in an international
context. The first half explores the tradition of radical
self-critique and the prospect of affirming its value in a
non-ethnocentric way. While defending ancient Greek contributions
to the Western tradition of radical self-critique - including the
practice of "relativizing" one's own culture, of engaging in
philosophical interrogation, and of establishing democratic
institutions - Castoriadis is challenged to explore the
trans-contextual features of any self-critical, or "autonomous,"
social institution. In the second half Castoriadis offers a
penetrating critique of representative democracy, and the
discussion makes important strides toward a new conception of
direct democracy, of political education, and of the institutional
prerequisites for the continuation of radical self-critique in
politics and philosophy.
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