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Rethinking Utopia is a collection that discusses utopian thinking
in relation to different philosophical themes. It seeks utopianism
in political theory (particularly in Kant and Derrida), populism,
Turkish Islamism, international law, and it fleshes out themes of
modernism and classless society in the selected utopian examples.
By discussing and showing the relationship between utopia and these
topics, the book shows that the range of subjects related to
utopias is wider than the current literature suggests. The book
attempts to bring together academic fields, which are not
cross-fertilized in the existing debates on utopia, by building
bridges between actual politics and futuristic visions. On the one
hand, it looks at utopia as a means to think about and reconfigure
contemporary politics (as in the case of international law and
populist politics); on the other hand, it investigates how
different philosophical/literary texts, from widely-known More and
Le Guin to lesser-known Turkish Islamists Kisakurek, Karakoc and
OEzel, imagine their distinct utopian vision where a new form of
anarchist, classless or Islamist society could be possible.
This book gathers a series of studies by scholars who have
dedicated these last few years to research in the field of
participatory democracy. Their purpose is precisely to engage in a
theoretical discussion about the value of participatory democracy
in the 21st century. Part I deals with the challenge of
antipolitics. This is one of the greatest challenges faced by
contemporary democratic theory: How can it be possible to take into
account in political decision-making processes those whose voices
issue disagreement with the available alternatives in the exact
same political decision-making processes, without simply excluding
them provisionally from democratic participation? Part II focuses
on challenges to deliberative systems. Deliberative democracy is
probably the most important alternative conception of democracy in
today's available literature on the topic, insofar as it responds
to a sort of general uneasiness with mere preference aggregation by
majoritarian voting, and instead seeks to incorporate the vast
spectrum of heterogeneous interests in modern societies in the
search for mutually acceptable policies. However, it is also
subject to specific theoretical challenges that must be overcome if
it is to be taken seriously as a viable alternative for providing
better conditions of political participation. Part II deals with
some of those challenges, even if in a sympathetic attitude towards
deliberative decision-making. Finally, Part III approaches
pluralism and cultural diversity in a shared public space. Its main
challenge consists in promoting an idea of active citizenship that
can meet the demands of a world increasingly defined by the
processes of globalization. Ultimately, that is what will end up
combining a valid notion of active citizenship with effective
decision-making procedures in pluralistic democracies. More than a
simple summary of research, Challenges to Democratic Participation
is designed to be accessible and useful to a wide variety of
audiences, from scholars and practitioners working in numerous
disciplines and fields, to activists and average citizens who are
interested in seeking a theoretical groundwork for democratic
practices; it also intends to enhance current scholarship, serving
as a guide to existing research and identifying useful future
research.
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