Democratic negotiation is agonistic struggle without final resolution
Evidence
The only circumstances in which this is not a simple zero-sum game is within the framework of an agonistic form of democratic negotiation (Mouffe 1993). However, the emphasis needs to be on the “agonistic”—democracy as an ongoing struggle without final resolution. We cannot simply reaffirm “democracy.” — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 375
Categorization
Category: Definitional Content
- DEFINE: Defines Mouffe’s ‘agonistic’ democracy: ongoing struggle, not settled consensus.
- XREF: Connects to how Islamophobia discourse, as multicultural contention, is framed as unresolvable struggle rather than final adjudication.
Related
- Democratic negotiation among differences must remain an ongoing struggle without final resolution. (similarity 0.92)
- Democracy’s task is converting antagonism into agonism, not erasing it (similarity 0.83)
- Assimilationism refuses alterity while agonistic democracy embraces continuous contest. (similarity 0.81)