Democracy and Ontology : Agonism Between Political Liberalism, Foucault and Psychoanalysis.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- I. Democracy -- II. Ontology -- III. Political Liberalism, Foucault and Psychoanalysis -- IV. Research Questions -- V. Overview of Chapters -- 2. Politicising Political Liberalism -- I. Introduction -- II. The Democratic Politicisation of Political Philosophy -- III. A 'Freestanding' Justification of Justice -- IV. Politicising Political Liberalism -- V. Conclusion -- 3. The Stimulation of Enlightened Contest -- I. Introduction -- II. 'A Historical Ontology of Ourselves' -- III. A Historical Ontology of Political Philosophy -- IV. Foucault's Ethos of 'Stimulating Contest' -- V. The Stimulation of Enlightened Contest -- VI. Agonic Democracy -- VII. Conclusion -- 4. Agonic Democracy and the Exercise of Rights -- I. Introduction -- II. The Governmentalised State -- III. A Political Liberalist Approach to State-sanctioned Exclusions -- IV. The Ontological Remnants in Tomasi's Social Theory -- V. Politicising Tomasi's Concept of Legal Culture -- VI. Conclusion -- 5. Transit: Renegotiating Political Liberalism and Agonic Democracy -- 6. Drained by a Democratic 'Burn-out': The Emotional Burdens of Agonic Democracy -- I. Introduction -- II. A Democratic 'Burn-out' -- III. A Psychoanalytic Reading of Civic Loss -- IV. Emotional Boundary-marking -- V. Conclusion -- 7. Conclusion -- I. Politicising the Political Liberalist Ontology -- II. An Alternative Ontology of Democratic Politics -- III. The Democratic Politicisation of Ontology -- Bibliography -- Index.

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