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Political Representation from a Pragmatist Perspective: Aesthetic Democratic Representation

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2019
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Räber, M. I. (2019). Political Representation from a Pragmatist Perspective: Aesthetic Democratic Representation. Contemporary Pragmatism, 16(1), 84–103. https://doi.org/10.1163/18758185-0161119

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In this article I discuss the advantages of a theory of political representation for a pragmatist theory of (global) democracy. I first outline Dewey’s disregard for political representation by analyzing the political, epistemological and aesthetic underpinnings of his criticism of the Enlightenment ideal of democracy and its trust in the power of the detached gaze. I then show that a theory of political representation is not only compatible with a pragmatist Deweyan-pragmatist perspective on democratic politics but also that Dewey’s

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  • Räber, Michael I
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16

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1

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84

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103

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Political representation, Global democracy, Aesthetics, Pragmatism, John Dewey

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English

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2019-02-22

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2019-03-25

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1572-3429

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119 since deposited on 2019-03-25
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Räber, M. I. (2019). Political Representation from a Pragmatist Perspective: Aesthetic Democratic Representation. Contemporary Pragmatism, 16(1), 84–103. https://doi.org/10.1163/18758185-0161119

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