Acknowledging other just societies forces liberal democracy to renounce universalist claims

Evidence

This is indeed a crucial question because, if this second view is the correct one, we have to acknowledge that there might be other just political forms of society, products of other contexts. Liberal democracy should therefore renounce its claim to universality. — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 285

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The universalist-contextualist dispute concerns liberal democracy’s universal validity — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 284; Liberal tolerance itself constructs and reproduces the others it claims to accept — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 494; History’s problem is how one party becomes agent of universality — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 7653 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The universalist-contextualist dispute concerns liberal democracy’s universal validity #expands (0.82) — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 284
• The abstract universality of rights discourse enables its expansion to excluded groups #complicates (0.77) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 228
• Liberal tolerance itself constructs and reproduces the others it claims to accept #complicates (0.74) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 494
• History’s problem is how one party becomes agent of universality #complicates (0.73) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 7653