Author
Demir, Gökhan
Subject
Business, Civil society, Conceptualization, Deliberative democracy, Democracy, Foucault, Michel, Governability, Habermas, Jürgen, Social sciences, State-society relations
Type
Periodical
Language
Turkish
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
University of Washington
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 1309-8012, EISSN: 1309-8012
Record ID
cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1355849515
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Date
Sosyal ve Beşerî Bilimler Dergisi, 1901-01, Vol.11 (22), p.48-71
Notes
The aim of this paper is to trace the widespread conceptualisation of democracy and civil society through the works of Jürgen Habermas. In the vocabulary of contemporary social theory absolute correspondence and perfect harmony between civil society and democracy is taken for granted. In this conceptualisation, civil society is considered as a sphere and/ or a relational process in which democracy will be burgeoned. Diametrically opposite to the Habermasian understanding of democracy, Michel Foucault argues that civil society is not a terrain that is exempt from power relations. Instead civil society is at the core of various power struggles and as such it is a dynamic and internally contradictory space. In other words, Foucault problematizes the ground (democracy and civil society) which Habermas idealizes.
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Sosyal ve Beşerî Bilimler Dergisi, 1901-01, Vol.11 (22), p.48-71
