The democracy-liberalism tension is negotiable, not fatal to either regime.
Evidence
To be sure. contrary to what adversaries like Carl Schmitt have argued, this docs not mean that liberal democracy is a doomed regime. Such a tension, though ineradicable. can be negotiated in different ways. Indeed. a great part of democratic politics is precisely about the negotiation of that paradox and the articulation of precarious solutions. What is misguided is the search for a final rational resolution. Not only can it not succeed, but moreover it leads to putting undue constraints on the political debate. — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 427
Categorization
- XREF: This is the pivotal move that splits Mouffe from Schmitt while inheriting his critique — relevant to the reader testing whether a non-exclusionary pluralist ‘we’ avoids Schmitt’s friend/enemy conclusion. — connects to: The tension between liberal rights and democratic sovereignty is ineradicable yet negotiable, not fatal — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 426; Liberal democracy’s liberal-democratic tension is a paradox, not a fatal contradiction — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 53; Liberalism and democracy are only contingently articulated, not necessarily linked — Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, 332 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- The tension between liberal rights and democratic sovereignty is ineradicable yet negotiable, not fatal
#corroborates(0.98) — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 426 - Liberal democracy’s liberal-democratic tension is a paradox, not a fatal contradiction
#corroborates(0.92) — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 53 - Liberalism and democracy are only contingently articulated, not necessarily linked
#qualifies(0.84) — Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, 332 - Democracy and liberalism can be decoupled and even opposed
#complicates(0.82) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 235 - Undecidability, not consensus, is the condition of democratic freedom
#complicates(0.74) — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 150 - A semi-revolutionary juncture can yield negotiated compromise rather than overthrow
#exemplifies(0.72) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 587