Wittgensteinian analysis exposes how democratic consensus emerges

Evidence

A Witrgensteinian approach in political theory could play an important role in the fostering of democratic values because it allows us to grasp the conditions of emergence of a democratic consensus. — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 321

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The family-resemblance insight undercuts deliberative democracy’s aim of rational consensus. — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 336; Deliberative consensus theories wrongly deny pluralism’s constitutive conflict — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 469

Broader Connections

• The family-resemblance insight undercuts deliberative democracy’s aim of rational consensus. #expands (0.90) — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 336
• Deliberative consensus theories wrongly deny pluralism’s constitutive conflict #expands (0.78) — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 469