Maxim Van Asseldonk
Biographic Data
| ID | 4375895 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maxim Van Asseldonk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maxim |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Asseldonk |
| SIGNATURE | VAN ASSELDONK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7026-6790 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Spaced out: Thinking political space with Jean-Luc Nancy
We have never owned ‘Us: A philosophical critique of nationalist b/ordering and othering ideologies
The recent decades have witnessed a proliferation of theorising about borders. Having moved away from the positivist paradigm that views borders as static ‘lines in the sand’, a myriad of different conceptualisations of borders as continuous socio-political processes have emerged: bordering, borderscapes and borderlands are just some of the more common ones. In this paper we aim to contribute to this processual turn in border studies by offering …
Claude Lefort in the age of the total constitution
In contradistinction to totalitarianism, Claude Lefort theorised a democratic form of society as one primarily characterised by indeterminacy, absence of ground, and by extension openness to the event. In maintaining this form of society, Lefort reserved a key role for human rights. The aims of this paper are twofold: first, I argue that, despite the fact that Lefort never developed a theory of constitutions, an important role can nonetheless be …
Robert Cover as a Radical Democrat
The political philosophy of radical democracy has made innumerable invaluable contributions to theories of democracy. However, while radical democrats tend to focus on the political, a cogent and comprehensive framework of law appropriate to radical democracy has only recently been begun to be developed. Interpreting the vast tradition of radical democracy to be based at least on the fundamental tenets of radical equality, anti-foundationalism, a…
Who, the people? Rethinking constituent power as praxis
Modern thinking about democracy is largely governed by the concept of constituent power. Some versions of the concept of constituent power, however, remain haunted by the spectre of totalitarianism. In this article, I outline an alternative view of the identity of the people whose constituent power generates democratic authority. Broadly speaking, constituent power signifies the idea that all political authority, including that of the constitutio…
Beyond civil bounds: The demos, political agency, subjectivation and democracy's boundary problem
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Robert Cover as a Radical Democrat
The political philosophy of radical democracy has made innumerable invaluable contributions to theories of democracy. However, while radical democrats tend to focus on the political, a cogent and comprehensive framework of law appropriate to radical democracy has only recently been begun to be developed. Interpreting the vast tradition of radical democracy to be based at least on the fundamental tenets of radical equality, anti-foundationalism, a…
Who, the people? Rethinking constituent power as praxis
Modern thinking about democracy is largely governed by the concept of constituent power. Some versions of the concept of constituent power, however, remain haunted by the spectre of totalitarianism. In this article, I outline an alternative view of the identity of the people whose constituent power generates democratic authority. Broadly speaking, constituent power signifies the idea that all political authority, including that of the constitutio…
Beyond civil bounds: The demos, political agency, subjectivation and democracy's boundary problem
We have never owned ‘Us: A philosophical critique of nationalist b/ordering and othering ideologies
The recent decades have witnessed a proliferation of theorising about borders. Having moved away from the positivist paradigm that views borders as static ‘lines in the sand’, a myriad of different conceptualisations of borders as continuous socio-political processes have emerged: bordering, borderscapes and borderlands are just some of the more common ones. In this paper we aim to contribute to this processual turn in border studies by offering …
Claude Lefort in the age of the total constitution
In contradistinction to totalitarianism, Claude Lefort theorised a democratic form of society as one primarily characterised by indeterminacy, absence of ground, and by extension openness to the event. In maintaining this form of society, Lefort reserved a key role for human rights. The aims of this paper are twofold: first, I argue that, despite the fact that Lefort never developed a theory of constitutions, an important role can nonetheless be …
Spaced out: Thinking political space with Jean-Luc Nancy
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