Beyond Empathy and Inclusion: The Challenge of Listening in Democratic Deliberation

ISBN-13: 9780197535455 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 228 str.

Mary F. Scudder

Recenzje

Beyond Empathy and Inclusion presses us to think about democratic deliberation — and democracy itself — in more capacious ways. As important as institutions, procedures, speech, and reason are to deliberative decision-making, Scudder shows that listening is 'what supplies deliberation with its democratic force.' The art of listening, especially in contexts of difference and disagreement, is an essential practice of democratic citizenship without which freedom remains elusive, not only the freedom of others but our own as well. Insightfully conceived and cogently argued, this book skillfully shows deliberative theory how to 'listen toward democracy'.

O autorze

Mary F. Scudder is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Purdue University. Mary (Molly) Scudder is also an Associate of the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra, Australia. Her research focuses on democratic deliberation, difference, and exclusion, and has been published in Polity and Political Studies.