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Political Representation from a Pragmatist Perspective: Aesthetic Democratic Representation

Räber, Michael I (2019). Political Representation from a Pragmatist Perspective: Aesthetic Democratic Representation. Contemporary Pragmatism, 16(1):84-103.

Abstract

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 concept of “publics”, if applied to contemporary circumstances of globalized politics, requires such a theory. I suggest a pragmatic theory of political representation that combines elements of Dewey’s aesthetics, particularly his own theory of vision, with Michael Saward’s conception of representative claim-making into the notion of aesthetic democratic representation.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Institute of Philosophy
01 Faculty of Theology and the Study of Religion > Center for Ethics
Dewey Decimal Classification:100 Philosophy
Scopus Subject Areas:Social Sciences & Humanities > Philosophy
Uncontrolled Keywords:Political representation; Global democracy; Aesthetics; Pragmatism; John Dewey
Language:English
Date:22 February 2019
Deposited On:25 Mar 2019 11:56
Last Modified:20 Mar 2025 02:38
Publisher:Brill
ISSN:1572-3429
OA Status:Green
Free access at:Official URL. An embargo period may apply.
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1163/18758185-0161119
Official URL:https://brill.com/view/journals/copr/16/1/article-p84_84.xml
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