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Against Empathy: Aesthetic-Affective Dimensions of Democratic Deliberation1086 views
Author
Scudder, Mary, Government - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia
Advisors
White, Stephen, Department of Politics, University of Virginia
Abstract
This dissertation explores the disposition required of citizens engaging in democratic discourse. Specifically, it explains the need for citizens to be dialogically open and receptive when deliberating with their fellow citizens. Challenging calls for empathy, the author argues that feelings of difference are a more democratic resource for addressing the problem of dialogical closure among citizens.
Degree
PHD (Doctor of Philosophy)
Keywords
political theory; democratic theory; deliberation; deliberative democracy; affect and democracy; art and politics; empathy
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Scudder, Mary. Against Empathy: Aesthetic-Affective Dimensions of Democratic Deliberation. University of Virginia, Government - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, PHD (Doctor of Philosophy), 2014-07-15, https://doi.org/10.18130/V3S54P.
