Chantal Mouffe
A Belgian political theorist known for her work on radical democracy and agonistic pluralism, emphasizing the irreducible nature of political conflict.
Quotes by Chantal Mouffe
The 'enemy' is not a person, but a political position.
The 'democratic project' is an open-ended one, constantly subject to re-negotiation.
The 'liberal-democratic' framework often masks the power relations at play.
The political is about the struggle for recognition.
The 'agonistic' model is not about violence, but about the institutionalization of conflict.
The 'enemy' is not to be demonized, but to be engaged in a political struggle.
The 'radical democratic' project seeks to deepen and extend democratic practices.
The 'consensus' in liberal democracy is often a manufactured one.
The political is about the articulation of demands.
The 'agonistic' approach is a way of thinking about how to live with irreducible differences.
The democratic revolution has reached a limit which cannot be extended without entering into conflict with the logic of capital.
Politics is a form of collective will-formation.
Hegemony is not a universal concept, but a historically specific one.
The political cannot be reduced to the economic.
Democracy requires the acceptance of pluralism.
Liberalism's rationalism denies the antagonistic dimension of politics.
The return of the political means acknowledging conflict as constitutive of social life.
Consensus is the enemy of democracy.
Agonistic pluralism is the way to revitalize democracy.
Politics is about the constitution of the 'we' which is always constructed as opposed to 'them'.