MOUFFE, Chantal. The Democratic Paradox.

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INTRODUCTION THE DEMOCRATIC PARADOX

Albeit in different ways, all rhe essays collected in rhis volume deal with what 1 caJI 'the paradox' of modern democracy and they try to examine iu diverse political and rheorctical implications. My reftection begins wirh ao cnquiry into thc naturc of modem dcmocracy, which 1 rhink is fàr from having been propcrly elucidatcd. To start wirh, what is the best way to designate rhc new type of democracy established in thc Wcst in thc course of the last two centuries~ A variety of terms have been use