Depoliticization of politics and power: Mouffe and the conservative disposition in postfoundational political theory

Postfoundational political theory has been criticized for being incapable of establishing a normative basis for politics. This is because postfoundationalism's conception of the “political” as a radical contingency disproves the existence of an objective ground that would make it possible to ev...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Political Science
Main Author:	Tuukka Brunila
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Subjects:	depoliticization police conservatism postfoundational political philosophy power Chantal Mouffe
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpos.2022.974065/full

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