Deliberative freedom: deliberative democracy as critical theory

by Rostbøll, Christian F.

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Full title :Deliberative freedom : deliberative democracy as critical theory / Christian F. Rostbøll.

Summary

"In Deliberative Freedom, Christian F. Rostboll accepts the common belief that democracy and freedom are intimately related, but he sees this relationship in a new and challenging way. Rostboll argues that deliberative democracy is normatively committed to multiple dimensions of freedom, and that this, in turn, makes it a distinct model of democracy He presents a new version of deliberative democracy that rejects the prevailing synthesis of Habermasian critical theory and Rawlsian political liberalism, and contends that this synthesis obscures and neglects important concerns in terms of freedom and emancipation. In addition, Rostboll explores how the many dimensions of freedom supply a new and fruitful way to address issues such as paternalism, elitism, rationalism, and neutrality."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2008.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):State University of New York Press
Place of Publication:Albany
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2008.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 312 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780791474594, 0791474593, 9780791474600, 0791474607
oclc:ocn173218587
LC Classification:JC423
Dewey Decimal:321.8

Deliberation, aggregation, and negative freedom -- Republican freedom and discursive status -- Preferences and paternalism -- Freedom as accommodation: the limits of Rawlsian deliberative democracy -- Freedom as Emancipation: deliberative democracy as critical theory -- Democratic ethos and procedural independence -- Freedom, reason, and participation -- Toward a theory of deliberative freedom.