Identity politics is commonly criticized as endangering democracy by undermining
community, rational communication, and solidarity. Drawing on both radical democratic …

This article explores different theoretical and political dimensions of voice in democratic
theory. Drawing on recent developments in political theory, ranging form James Bohman's …

In the current debate about identity there is one issue that I consider to be crucial for
democratic politics: political identity. In this paper I intend to address that question from a …

Recent consideration of the politics of culture and identity has failed to capture an emergent
trend in political practice that raises important philosophical questions for normative political …

This book outlines significant traits of radical leftist identity politics. In this type of discourse,
arguments are organized around global friend/enemy schemes in ways that are at odds with …

In this paper, I analyze three categories of narratives that seek to understand identity politics'
role on the American left through the lens of co-optation. The first, represented primarily by …

The normative and metanormative pluralism that figure among core self-descriptions of
democratic theory, which seem incompatible with democratic theorists' practical ambitions …

Nobody should really have to point out that political philosophy is political. Yet in this highly
original and provocative book Lorna Finlayson argues that in fact it is necessary to do so …

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For contemporary democratic theorists, democracy is largely a matter of deliberation. But the
recent rise of deliberative democracy (in practice as well as theory) coincided with ever more …