Democratization and Struggles Against Injustice - A Pragmatist Approach to the Epistemic Practices of Social Movements (Hardcover)

In the specialized literature as well as in the eyes of regular citizens, social movements are often considered to be actors of democratization. Among other things, social movements criticize existing deficits in democratic systems, they promote practices of deliberation and enact non-hierarchical structures that challenge existing democratic institutions. Very often, these challenges emerge from the context of struggle against unjust situations involving social exclusion, economic inequalities or the violation of fundamental rights. Democracy and the Struggle Against Injustice draws on the insights of one of the greatest American Philosophers John Dewey as well as on some central intuitions of Frankfurt School Critical Theory in order to account for the connection between the democratic potential of social movements and their capacity to articulate injustice and promote just social relations. Particularly, it develops the idea that this double capacity can be explained by introduction of the pragmatist notion of experimental inquiry into the analysis of the epistemic practices of the mobilized. By introducing in a unique way pragmatist epistemology to the study of social movements, Democracy and the Struggle Against Injustice substantially contributes to account for their emancipatory potentials.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Collective Studies in Knowledge and Society
Release date:	July 2021
Authors:	Justo Serrano Zamora
Dimensions:	228 x 163 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-1-5381-5154-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship Promotions
LSN:	1-5381-5154-5
Barcode:	9781538151549

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