| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 194 pages) |
| Contents |
Truth and public space : setting out some signposts / Raf Geenens and Ronald Tinnevelt -- Epistemic proceduralism and democratic authority / David Estlund -- Truth and democracy : pragmatism and the deliberative virtues / Cheryl Misak -- Folk epistomology and the justification of democracy / Robert B. Talisse -- Truth and power in modern politics / Philippe Raynaud -- Truth and trust in democratic epistemology / Matthew Festenstein -- The people versus the truth : democratic illusions / Glen Newey -- Does democracy require physical public space? / John R. Parkinson -- Cities as spaces of democracy : complexity, scale, and governance / Murray Low -- Semi-public spaces : the spatial logic of insitutions / Bart Verschaffel -- Democratization through transnational publics : deliberative inclusion across borders / James Bohman -- Conceptualizing the power of transnational agents : pragmatism and international public spheres / Molly Cochran |
| Summary |
On the political level many seem to agree that democracy doesn't need foundations, nor are its citizens expected to discuss the worth or truth of their comprehensive conceptions of the good life. And yet we still call upon 'truth' when we participate in defining the basic structure of our society and argue why our opinions, beliefs and preferences need to be taken seriously. We do not think that our views need to be taken into account by others because they are our views, but because we think they are true. If in a democratic society citizens have to deal with the challenge of affirming their claims as true, the precise relationship between truth and democracy needs to be analyzed. Does truth matter to democracy and if so, what is the place of truth in democratic politics? How can citizens affirm the truth of their claims and accept - at the same time - that their truth is just one amongst many? In Does Truth Matter? leading academics in the fields of philosophy, sociology and political science focus on the role the public sphere plays in answering these pressing questions. They try to give a comprehensive answer to these questions from the perspective of the main approaches of contemporary democratic theory: deliberative democracy, political pragmatism and liberalism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Deliberative democracy.
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Democracy -- Philosophy
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Political participation.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy.
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Democracy -- Philosophy.
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Political participation.
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Deliberative democracy.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Deliberative democracy
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Democracy -- Philosophy
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Political participation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tinnevelt, Ronald, 1971-
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Geenens, Raf, 1979-
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| ISBN |
9781402088490 |
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1402088493 |
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128192038X |
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9781281920386 |
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