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Liberal democracy today, having aligned itself with capitalism, is
producing a generalized feeling of weariness and disillusionment
with government among the citizenry of many countries. Because of a
decades-long march of globalized capitalism, economic oligarchies
have gained oppressive levels of political power, and as a result,
the economic needs of many people around the world have been
neglected. It then becomes essential to remember that our ability
to change society emerges from our power to formulate different
questions; or, in this case, alternative understandings of
democracy. This book draws together a variety of alternative
theories of democracies in a quest to expose readers to a selection
of the most exciting and innovative new approaches to politics
today. The consideration of these leading alternative
conceptualizations of democracy is important, as it is now common
to see xenophobic and racist rhetoric using the platform of liberal
democracy to threaten ideas of plurality, diversity, equality, and
economic justice. In looking at four different models of democracy
(utopian democracy, radical democracy, republican democracy, and
plural democracy) this book argues that encounters with alternate
conceptualizations of democracy is necessary if citizens and
scholars are going to understand the constellation of possibilities
that exist for inclusive, plural, economically equal, and just
societies.
Liberal democracy today, having aligned itself with capitalism, is
producing a generalized feeling of weariness and disillusionment
with government among the citizenry of many countries. Because of a
decades-long march of globalized capitalism, economic oligarchies
have gained oppressive levels of political power, and as a result,
the economic needs of many people around the world have been
neglected. It then becomes essential to remember that our ability
to change society emerges from our power to formulate different
questions; or, in this case, alternative understandings of
democracy. This book draws together a variety of alternative
theories of democracies in a quest to expose readers to a selection
of the most exciting and innovative new approaches to politics
today. The consideration of these leading alternative
conceptualizations of democracy is important, as it is now common
to see xenophobic and racist rhetoric using the platform of liberal
democracy to threaten ideas of plurality, diversity, equality, and
economic justice. In looking at four different models of democracy
(utopian democracy, radical democracy, republican democracy, and
plural democracy) this book argues that encounters with alternate
conceptualizations of democracy is necessary if citizens and
scholars are going to understand the constellation of possibilities
that exist for inclusive, plural, economically equal, and just
societies.
In the nineteenth century, French and Mexican intellectuals had a
common interest in providing a groundwork for educating better
citizens in response to social crises. There were political and
philosophical controversies regarding science and technology in
this environment between spiritualists (humanists) and positivists
(scientists).. Power and knowledge were intertwined in these
controversies. Another objective of the book is to show that
controversies can be seen as a dispute between two cultures between
those in favor of science and technology and those in favor of
philosophy and the humanities. Their continuous arguments
articulated a third culture based on an intertwining of power and
knowledge. This articulation had an implicit dimension in which
philosophy, science, and technology had to interact to enrich the
political potential of the human experience of thinking. They were
able to grasp a mix or a synthesis that conceptualized the power of
a metaphysical artifact in which philosophy, science, and
technology belong to the same culture, where politics helps invite
dialogue between different cultural, religious, and political
perspectives.
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