Democracy and ontology : agonism between political liberalism, Foucault, and psychoanalysis / / Irena Rosenthal

• Autore: Rosenthal Irena
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, , 2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 219 pages)
• Disciplina: 321.8
• Soggetto topico: Democracy - Philosophy; Liberalism - Philosophy; Psychoanalysis - Political aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction -- I. Democracy -- II. Ontology -- III. Political Liberalism, Foucault and Psychoanalysis -- IV. Research Questions -- V. Overview of Chapters -- 2. Politicising Political Liberalism -- I. Introduction -- II. The Democratic Politicisation of Political Philosophy -- III. A 'Freestanding' Justification of Justice -- IV. Politicising Political Liberalism -- V. Conclusion -- 3. The Stimulation of Enlightened Contest -- I. Introduction -- II. 'A Historical Ontology of Ourselves' -- III. A Historical Ontology of Political Philosophy -- IV. Foucault's Ethos of 'Stimulating Contest' -- V. The Stimulation of Enlightened Contest -- VI. Agonic Democracy -- VII. Conclusion -- 4. Agonic Democracy and the Exercise of Rights -- I. Introduction -- II. The Governmentalised State -- III. A Political Liberalist Approach to State-sanctioned Exclusions -- IV. The Ontological Remnants in Tomasi's Social Theory -- V. Politicising Tomasi's Concept of Legal Culture -- VI. Conclusion -- 5. Transit: Renegotiating Political Liberalism and Agonic Democracy -- 6. Drained by a Democratic 'Burn-out': The Emotional Burdens of Agonic Democracy -- I. Introduction -- II. A Democratic 'Burn-out' -- III. A Psychoanalytic Reading of Civic Loss -- IV. Emotional Boundary-marking -- V. Conclusion -- 7. Conclusion -- I. Politicising the Political Liberalist Ontology -- II. An Alternative Ontology of Democratic Politics -- III. The Democratic Politicisation of Ontology
• Sommario/riassunto: This book investigates the relationship between liberal democracies and ontology, that is, philosophical claims about the constitution of agents and the social world. Many philosophers argue that ontology needs to be avoided in political and legal philosophy. In fact, political liberalism, a highly influential paradigm founded by the philosopher John Rawls, makes the avoidance of ontology a core ambition of its 'political, non-metaphysical' programme. In contrast to political liberalism, this book argues that attending to ontological disputes is essential to political and legal philosophy. Illuminating, criticising and developing ontological arguments does not only enhance our understanding of justice, but also highlights key features of democratic citizenship. The argument is built up by bringing together three traditions of thought that have so far not been confronted with one another: political liberalism, the work of Michel Foucault, and the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud and Donald Winnicott. The book also investigates more concrete implications of ontological disputes by drawing on several case studies: a Dutch political-legal debate about greeting rituals; an American conflict about the legalisation of religious freedom; and the struggles for resilience of two American social movement groups
• Titolo autorizzato: Democracy and ontology
• ISBN: 1-5099-1224-X; 1-5099-1223-1; 1-5099-1222-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910511313303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: European Academy of Legal Theory series.