Family Squabbles: Beyond the Conflict-Consensus Divide
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Family Squabbles : Beyond the Conflict-Consensus Divide. / Bang, Henrik.
In: Democratic THeory: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2, 14.12.2014, p. 56-66.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Family Squabbles
T2 - Beyond the Conflict-Consensus Divide
AU - Bang, Henrik
PY - 2014/12/14
Y1 - 2014/12/14
N2 - This article examines the consensus-conflict divide within contemporary democratic theory as manifested in the works of Jürgen Habermas, Chantal Mouffe, Jacques Rancière, and John Rawls. It relates the democratic crisis diagnosis to the presence of this conceptual divide and suggests overcoming it by focusing on the work of Michel Foucault, especially his concept of the “rectangle of the good parrhesia.” Foucault's analysis goes beyond conflict-consensus through its positive and creative reconceptualization of political authority featuring a transformative capacity linked to the idea of telling the truth.
AB - This article examines the consensus-conflict divide within contemporary democratic theory as manifested in the works of Jürgen Habermas, Chantal Mouffe, Jacques Rancière, and John Rawls. It relates the democratic crisis diagnosis to the presence of this conceptual divide and suggests overcoming it by focusing on the work of Michel Foucault, especially his concept of the “rectangle of the good parrhesia.” Foucault's analysis goes beyond conflict-consensus through its positive and creative reconceptualization of political authority featuring a transformative capacity linked to the idea of telling the truth.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - conflict
KW - consensus
KW - Foucault
KW - problematization
KW - politicization
M3 - Journal article
VL - 1
SP - 56
EP - 66
JO - Democratic THeory: An Interdisciplinary Journal
JF - Democratic THeory: An Interdisciplinary Journal
IS - 2
ER -
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