The Two Faces of Democracy: Decentering Agonism and Deliberation

by Mary F Scudder and Stephen K. White

The democratic imagination is facing significant challenges. These challenges involve not only philosophical questions about the core values of democratic life, but also pressing practical issues related to how we should understand and confront current threats to democracy. Those who want to defend democracy against anti-democratic forces are at odds: some want a politics that puts vehement conflict at the center of democratic strategies, while others...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197623883
• ISBN13: 9780197623886
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages