Anarchist Critique of Radical Democracy
The Impossible Argument
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Democracy, Politics, History & Theory
| Author: | Markus Lundström | ISBN: | 9783319769776 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing | Publication: | April 19, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Markus Lundström |
| ISBN: | 9783319769776 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
| Publication: | April 19, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book addresses the conflictual nature of radical democracy. By analyzing democratic conflict in Husby, a marginalized Stockholm city district, it exposes democracy’s core division – between governors and governed – as theorized by Jacques Rancière. Tracing the genealogy of that critique, the book interrogates a historical tradition generically adverse to every form of governance, namely anarchism. By outlining the divergent and discontinuous relationship between democracy and anarchy – within the history of anarchist thought – the author adds to democratic theory ‘The Impossible Argument’: a compound anarchist critique of radical democracy.
This book addresses the conflictual nature of radical democracy. By analyzing democratic conflict in Husby, a marginalized Stockholm city district, it exposes democracy’s core division – between governors and governed – as theorized by Jacques Rancière. Tracing the genealogy of that critique, the book interrogates a historical tradition generically adverse to every form of governance, namely anarchism. By outlining the divergent and discontinuous relationship between democracy and anarchy – within the history of anarchist thought – the author adds to democratic theory ‘The Impossible Argument’: a compound anarchist critique of radical democracy.
