Only a political theory accepting the essentialist critique can formulate radical democratic aims.

Evidence

Indeed, I am going to argue that it is only in the context of a political theory that takes account of the critique of essentialism - which I see as the crucial contribution of the so-called ‘postmodern’ approach - that it is possible to formulate the aims of a radical democratic politics in a way that makes room for the contemporary proliferation of political spaces and the multiplicity of democratic demands. — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 84

Categorization

• SEED: An essay contrasting the claim that postmodern critique threatens democracy with Mouffe’s inversion that it alone enables radical democracy.
• XREF: connects to: A critique of essentialism must remain internal to essentialism. — Donna Landry and Gerald MacLean, The Spivak Reader: Selected Works of…, 55

Broader Connections

• A critique of essentialism must remain internal to essentialism. #qualifies (0.74) — Donna Landry and Gerald MacLean, The Spivak Reader, 55