Poimanje agonističke demokracije kod Chantal Mouffe

master's thesis

• Title (english): Understanding Chantal Mouffe's Agonistic Democracy
• Author: Joško Prigradić
• Mentor: Hrvoje Cvijanović (mentor)
• Committee member: Hrvoje Cvijanović (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Tonči Kursar (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ana Matan (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; The Faculty of Political Science; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-09-12, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science

Abstract

Rad se bavi prikazom modela agonističke demokracije Chantal Mouffe. Polazeći od kritike strukturalističnog marksizma, Mouffe ustanovljuje da je u društvu uvijek moguć antagonistički sukob. Projektom agonističke demokracije Mouffe taj sukob nastoji primiriti. Za to je ključno prepoznavanje da je u društvu osim antagonističkog sukoba između neprijatelja moguć i drugi tip sukoba. To je agonistički sukob između „suparnika“ koji se ne slažu oko rješenja o političkim pitanjima, no koji priznaju legitimnost suparnikove pozicije, te njegovo pravo da se natječe u demokratskoj utrci jer s njim dijeli etičko-političke principe liberalne demokracije. Cilj rada je kritički osvrt na projekt agonističke demokracije, time što propituje koliko je moguće primiriti antagonizam priznavanjem legitimnosti neprijatelja. Rad prikazuje razvoj projekta agonističke demokracije, prvo kroz kritiku strukturalnog marksizma Chantal Mouffe, zatim kroz njenu raspravu s liberalnim i komunitarističkim teorijskim pristupima, te prikazuje kako Mouffe zamišlja političku zajednicu unutar agonističke demokracije, ali i kako zamišlja primjenu principa agonizma na međunarodnoj razini zamišljajući multipolaran svijet država okupljenih oko zajedničkih kultura i vrijednosti. U zaključku rad argumentira kako je pojam „suparnika“ ograničen jer Mouffe precjenjuje mogućnost prihvaćanja legitimnosti suprotnih pozicija u društvu, te zato što samo funkcioniranje agonističke demokracije zahtjeva ograničenje mogućnosti demokratske participacije velikom broju političkih zahtjeva koji bi mogli ugroziti uvjete njena funkcioniranja. Primjena principa agonizma na međunarodnoj razini, onako kako to zamišlja Mouffe, pak ne može adekvatno odgovoriti na trenutne svjetske probleme zbog različitosti svjetskih kultura s jedne strane, te utjecaja globalizacije s druge strane.

Abstract (english)

This work examines the model of agonistic democracy proposed by Chantal Mouffe. Starting from the critique of structuralist Marxism, Mouffe establishes that in society there is always a possibility of an antagonistic conflict. With the project of agonistic democracy Mouffe tries to pacify that conflict. The key to that is the recognition that in society, besides antagonistic conflict between enemies, another type of conflict is possible. That is agonistic conflict between “adversaries”, which do not agree with each other’s solutions to political issues, but they recognize the legitimacy of the adversary’s position, as well as it’s right to compete in the democratic race, because they share common ethico-political principles of liberal democracy. The aim of this work is to critically examine the project of agonistic democracy by questioning the possibility of pacifying antagonism via the recognition the legitimacy of an enemy. This work depicts the development of the project of agonistic democracy, first through Chantal Mouffe’s critique of structural Marxism, then through her debate with liberal and communitarian theoretical approaches, then shows how Mouffe envisages the political community within agonistic democracy, but also how she envisages the application of the principles of agonism at the international level by envisaging a multipolar world of states grouped together around common cultures and values. The work concludes by arguing that the notion of “adversary” is limited because Mouffe overestimates the possibility of acknowledging the legitimacy of opposing perspectives within the society, and because the functioning of agonistic democracy demands the limitations to democratic participation for a large number of political demands which could endanger the conditions for it’s functioning. The application of the principle of agonism at the international level, as Mouffe envisages it, cannot give an adequate answer to current world issues because of the differences between world cultures on the one side, and the effects of globalization on the other.

• Keywords: Chantal Mouffe; liberalizam; antagonizam; agonistička demokracija; liberalna demokracija
• Keywords (english): Chantal Mouffe; liberalism; antagonism; agonistic democracy; liberal democracy
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:114:065099
• Study programme: Title: Political Science; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra politologije (magistar/magistra politologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
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• Created on: 2022-09-21 13:32:22