Agonism in divided societies

This article considers how reconciliation might be understood as a democratic undertaking. It does so by examining the implications of the debate between theorists of ‘deliberative’ and ‘agonistic’ democracy for the practice of democracy in divided societies. I argue that, in taking consensus as a r...

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Published in:Philosophy & social criticism 2006-03, Vol.32 (2), p.255-277
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Consensus
Democracy
Discourse
Justice
Philosophy
Philosophy of history. Social and political philosophy. Philosophy of law
Political Action
Reconciliation
Reconstruction
Social and political philosophy
State Formation
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Reconciliation
Reconstruction
Social and political philosophy
State Formation
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