Overview
- Provides a wider and more compelling account of democracy than the one found in mainstream contemporary political theory
- Tackles political issues which are at the heart of contemporary theoretical debates spanning the social and political sciences
- Draws on diverse traditions of American Pragmatism and critical theory
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The aim of this book is to provide a fresh, wider, and more compelling account of democracy than the one we usually find in conventional contemporary political theory. Telling the story of democracy as a broad societal project rather than as merely a political regime, Frega delivers an account more in tune with our everyday experience and ordinary intuitions, bringing back into political theory the notion that democracy denotes first and foremost a form of society, and only secondarily a specific political regime.
The theoretical shift accomplished is major. Claiming that such a view of democracy is capable of replacing the mainstream categories of justice, freedom and non-domination in their hegemonic function of all-encompassing political concepts, Frega then argues for democracy as the broader normative framework within which to rethink the meaning and forms of associated living in all spheres of personal, social, economic, and political life. Drawing on diverse traditions of American pragmatism and critical theory, as well as tackling political issues which are at the core of contemporary theoretical debates, this book invites a rethinking of political theory to one more concerned with the political circumstances of social life, rather than remaining confined in the narrowly circumscribed space of a theory of government.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theoretical Framework
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The Historical Background
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Roberto Frega (PhD) is a senior researcher in Philosophy at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Paris, France. He has published books on social theories of normativity (Les sources sociales de la normativitè, 2013), and pragmatist moral and political philosophy (Practice, Judgment, and the Challenged of Moral and Political Disagreement. A Pragmatist Account, 2012) as well as over thirty articles on contemporary moral and political philosophy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pragmatism and the Wide View of Democracy
Authors: Roberto Frega
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18561-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18560-2Published: 04 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-18563-3Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-18561-9Published: 22 June 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 427
Topics: Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy