Dirk Jörke
Biographic Data
| ID | 95733 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dirk Jörke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dirk |
| FAMILY NAME | Jörke |
| SIGNATURE | JÖRKE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Technische Universität Darmstadt |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7927-3727 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Erziehung zum Bourgeois. Zur Funktion der Genossenschaftsidee bei John Stuart Mill
Im Zusammenhang mit Wirtschaftsdemokratie wird oft auf John Stuart Mill verwiesen. Der bekannte Vertreter des Utilitarismus gilt einigen Interpreten gar als ‚liberaler Sozialist‘, der sich den Herausforderungen der sozialen Frage konsequenter als andere Vertreter der ökonomischen Klassik gestellt habe. Ein wichtiger Bezugspunkt dieser Lesart sind vor allem Mills Überlegungen zum Genossenschaftswesen, in denen er eine Möglichkeit sieht, die Klasse…
Nietzscheanische Argumentationsfiguren in der Demokratiekritik Arendts
Der Artikel zeigt die Parallelen zwischen Nietzsches und Arendts Demokratiekritik auf. Beide gehen von einer Spaltung zwischen den Wenigen und den Vielen aus, beklagen den Verfall der Kultur bzw. des politischen Handelns in der ‚Massengesellschaft‘, befürchten Demagogie sowie ‚Mehrheitstyrannei‘ als Folge des allgemeinen Wahlrechts und beklagen die Mediokrität der Parteienherrschaft. Zugleich besteht aber ein doppelter Unterschied. Arendt beklagt…
Debilitated democracy: When the legs get ripped off
Democratic theorists often argue that democracy is in crisis, but nonetheless maintain democracy can be revived. In contrast, this paper argues that modernisation and democracy have become opposed. Drawing on the work of Michael Th. Greven and Hartmut Rosa, it argues that as modernisation intensifies, it erodes the preconditions necessary for democracy to credibly make the promises long associated with it. This process of debilitation involves ‘r…
Republicanism and Democracy: Close Friends?
Calhoun, Craig/Gaonkar, Dilip Parameshwar/Taylor, Charles: Degenerations of Democracy, 368 S., Harvard UP, Cambridge, MA/London 2022
Am Ende des hier rezensierten Buches wird es pastoral: „Politics must be poiesis, working together to make and remake not just government but also society itself“ (S. 286). Auch der in der umfangreichen Literatur über die Krise der Demokratie so beliebte Hinweis fehlt nicht, dass gegen die derzeitigen Übel der Demokratie einzig mehr Demokratie helfe (S. 257). Doch im Unterschied zu einem Großteil der in den letzten Jahren veröffentlichten politik…
Not everyone can be a winner, baby: A pragmatist response to problems of contemporary ‘crisis studies’
A growing genre of ‘crisis studies’ traces liberal-democratic instability to technocratic reformism and populist reaction to it. Most contributions recommend restoring economic growth, rebuilding civic culture and eschewing populist ‘us-versus-them’ narratives. This literature relies on a problematic way of thinking we label irenicism, and show to be a contemporary variant of what political realists call progressive moralizing. Irenicism portrays…
The crisis of democracy and the “look downwards”
Current diagnoses of a crisis of democracy in the Global North go hand in hand with a disparaging “look downwards.” Already in the nineteenth century, liberal thinkers formulated institutional precautions against the “rabble.” What is striking about the current devaluation discourse is that the return of this “look downwards” is not limited to libertarian or liberal-conservative concepts but is also present in progressive approaches. We demonstra…
The crisis of democracy and the “Look Downwards”
Republicanism and Democracy: Close Friends
Städte sind keine Inseln. Kommentar zu „Politische Theorie für das urbane Zeitalter“ von Verena Frick
Bibliographie: Jörke, Dirk: Städte sind keine Inseln. Kommentar zu „Politische Theorie für das urbane Zeitalter“ von Verena Frick, ZPTh – Zeitschrift für Politische Theorie, 1-2020, S. 75-78. https://doi.org/10.3224/zpth.v11i1.08
The reshaping of political representation in post-growth capitalism: A paradigmatic analysis of green and right-wing populist parties
This article aims to provide an analysis of the reconfiguration of political orientations in the face of weakening economic growth. We address a widely observed new polarization in the party systems of Western democracies, with radically universalist and ecological orientations, often represented by green parties, versus industrialist and authoritarian values, mainly represented by right-wing populism. In our effort to explain this constellation,…
Bildung ist nur ein Königsweg: Anmerkungen zu Die Dritte Aufklärung von Michael Hampe
Die politischen Entwicklungen der vergangenen Jahre und hier insbesondere der Aufstieg politischer Parteien, die man gemeinhin als “populistisch” bezeichnet, aber auch der Brexit und die Wahl von Donald Trump haben in der öffentlichen Debatte für viel Unruhe gesorgt. Dabei ist eine Strategie der Moralisierung vorherrschend. Populistische Politikerinnen und Politiker, aber auch deren Wählerinnen und Wähler werden als rassistisch, sexistisch, natio…
Methodologies Matter: From Axel Honneth’s Reformism to John Dewey’s Radicalism
This article compares Axel Honneth’s method of normative reconstruction with John Dewey's method of problem-solving. We argue that Dewey’s method is more open to “radical” measures of social transformation because it does not bear Honneth’s inherent conservative implications. Dewey’s “more radical” measures include, in particular, demands for a socialist transformation of the economy, whereas Honneth’s approach leads to mere reformist proposals w…
Towards an Antifederalist Theory of the EU: Democratic Federal Lessons for the European Union
Several recent crises and the increasing populism and Euroscepticism across member states have intensified debates on the nature of the EU. While researchers have looked to US federal experience and theory, a bias remains towards the federalism of the Federalists and ‘Madisonian' lessons for the EU. In contrast, we argue that the federalism of the Antifederalists provides an alternative, more appropriate frame for assessing the EU's federal chall…
Back to the future! Habermas and Dewey on democracy in capitalist times
Das Volk gegen die (liberale) Demokratie: Leviathan Sonderband 32 | 2017
Zurück in die Zukunft
Political participation, social inequalities, and special veto powers
The retreat of socially disadvantaged people from the democratic process, which can be observed for some time now, is a symptom of the decreasing ability of Western societies to integrate its citizenry. This retreat poses a serious threat to democracy and must be regarded as a feature of a post-democratic constellation. It not only runs counter to the core democratic principle of political equality, but also has a tendency to strengthen the decli…
Wer kann dazu schon »nein« sagen?: Oder: die Grenzen der Demokratie
Rhetoric as Deliberation or Manipulation? About Aristotle's Rhetoric and its Misuse in Recent Literature
In contrast to some recent articles, which try to bridge the gap between Aristotle's Rhetoric and contemporary concepts of deliberative democracy, it is argued that Aristotle in this work does not plead for a rational and unemotional way of political decision making. On the contrary, his Rhetoric should be read as a manual for strategically oriented actors if not for demagogues. The well-known tension between the more ethical and the political pa…
The power of reason in international negotiations: Notes on Risse, Müller, and Deitelhoff
The argumentative turn in policy analysis in general and the theory of communicative action of Jürgen Habermas in particular have inspired scholars of international relations to develop an alternative analysis of negotiation processes. According to these scholars, a logic of arguing and persuasion is predominant in those negotiations that establish new regimes and foster the acceptance of ‘universal’ norms. In this article I scrutinize their theo…
The productive power of argumentative illusions
Gewohnheiten, Affekte und Reflexivität: Ein pragmatistisches Modell sozialer Kooperation im Anschluss an Dewey und Mead
Über Volkssouveränität by Ingeborg Maus
Post-democracia en Europa y América Latina
The author argues in the first four sections that there are two main reasons for using "post-democracy" as the adequate term for describing contemporary western societies. On the one hand there is a class biased decline in political participation which hurts the democratic promise of equality. On the other hand we observe a weakening of the democratic state due to the globalization of politics. In effect politics at the dawn of the twenty-first c…
The reshaping of political representation in post-growth capitalism: A paradigmatic analysis of green and right-wing populist parties
This article aims to provide an analysis of the reconfiguration of political orientations in the face of weakening economic growth. We address a widely observed new polarization in the party systems of Western democracies, with radically universalist and ecological orientations, often represented by green parties, versus industrialist and authoritarian values, mainly represented by right-wing populism. In our effort to explain this constellation,…
Political participation, social inequalities, and special veto powers
The retreat of socially disadvantaged people from the democratic process, which can be observed for some time now, is a symptom of the decreasing ability of Western societies to integrate its citizenry. This retreat poses a serious threat to democracy and must be regarded as a feature of a post-democratic constellation. It not only runs counter to the core democratic principle of political equality, but also has a tendency to strengthen the decli…
Die Versprechen der Demokratie und die Grenzen der Deliberation
Journal of Pol itical Science (ZPol) is devoted to all areas and sub-areas of Political Science. The priority of this journal is to provide a platform for carrying on critical debates on basic, theoretical and practice-oriented political science. The high quality of the main articles published is ensured by double blind peer review. The journal publishes articles, essays, commentaries and short analyses of urgent political affairs. Website: www.z…
Back to the future! Habermas and Dewey on democracy in capitalist times
The epistemic turn of critical theory: Implications for deliberative politics and policy-making
Habermas formulated his political theory relatively late in his academic career. One can suggest that political issues have played an important role in his writings from the beginning, and one can
Redescribing Democracy
Redescriptions: Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory is an international refereed open access journal, which publishes contributions on the transdisciplinary study of concepts. In classical rhetoric, 'redescription' refers to a rhetorical move that alters the use of a concept in one respect or another. The journal draws attention to conceptual moves within political theory, conceptual history and feminist thought, and highlig…
Towards an Antifederalist Theory of the EU: Democratic Federal Lessons for the European Union
Several recent crises and the increasing populism and Euroscepticism across member states have intensified debates on the nature of the EU. While researchers have looked to US federal experience and theory, a bias remains towards the federalism of the Federalists and ‘Madisonian' lessons for the EU. In contrast, we argue that the federalism of the Antifederalists provides an alternative, more appropriate frame for assessing the EU's federal chall…
The power of reason in international negotiations: Notes on Risse, Müller, and Deitelhoff
The argumentative turn in policy analysis in general and the theory of communicative action of Jürgen Habermas in particular have inspired scholars of international relations to develop an alternative analysis of negotiation processes. According to these scholars, a logic of arguing and persuasion is predominant in those negotiations that establish new regimes and foster the acceptance of ‘universal’ norms. In this article I scrutinize their theo…
Gewohnheiten, Affekte und Reflexivität: Ein pragmatistisches Modell sozialer Kooperation im Anschluss an Dewey und Mead
Politische Anthropologie
Methodologies Matter: From Axel Honneth’s Reformism to John Dewey’s Radicalism
This article compares Axel Honneth’s method of normative reconstruction with John Dewey's method of problem-solving. We argue that Dewey’s method is more open to “radical” measures of social transformation because it does not bear Honneth’s inherent conservative implications. Dewey’s “more radical” measures include, in particular, demands for a socialist transformation of the economy, whereas Honneth’s approach leads to mere reformist proposals w…
Politische Anthropologie: Geschichte - Gegenwart - Möglichkeiten
Demokratie als Erfahrung: John Dewey und Die Politische Philosophie der Gegenwart
John Dewey (1859-1952) gehört neben Charles Sanders Peirce und William James zu den Gründervätern des Pragmatismus, einer philosophischen Denkrichtung, die seit einiger Zeit eine beeindruckende Renais
Politische Anthropologie
Wie demokratisch sind radikale Demokratietheorien?
Anthropologische Motive im Werk von Jürgen Habermas
This article discusses the career of anthropological motives in the work of Jürgen Habermas. The main thesis is that besides his explicit criticism of the use of anthropological arguments in the field of moral and social philosophy there is a more or less strong commitment to this kind of thinking in his own work. This becomes most explicit in Habermas’ early writings around Knowledge & Human Interest, where he tries to formulate an anthropologic…
Redescribing Democracy
Redescriptions: Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory is an international refereed open access journal, which publishes contributions on the transdisciplinary study of concepts. In classical rhetoric, 'redescription' refers to a rhetorical move that alters the use of a concept in one respect or another. The journal draws attention to conceptual moves within political theory, conceptual history and feminist thought, and highlig…
Post-democracia en Europa y América Latina
Una vez ms el concepto de populismo se ha puesto de moda, lo cual se debe en parte a la irrupcin de lderes como Chvez en Venezuela o Berlusconi en Italia. Sin embargo, las
Politische Anthropologie: Geschichte - Gegenwart - Möglichkeiten
The epistemic turn of critical theory: Implications for deliberative politics and policy-making
Habermas formulated his political theory relatively late in his academic career. One can suggest that political issues have played an important role in his writings from the beginning, and one can
Die Versprechen der Demokratie und die Grenzen der Deliberation
Journal of Pol itical Science (ZPol) is devoted to all areas and sub-areas of Political Science. The priority of this journal is to provide a platform for carrying on critical debates on basic, theoretical and practice-oriented political science. The high quality of the main articles published is ensured by double blind peer review. The journal publishes articles, essays, commentaries and short analyses of urgent political affairs. Website: www.z…
Post-democracia en Europa y América Latina
The author argues in the first four sections that there are two main reasons for using "post-democracy" as the adequate term for describing contemporary western societies. On the one hand there is a class biased decline in political participation which hurts the democratic promise of equality. On the other hand we observe a weakening of the democratic state due to the globalization of politics. In effect politics at the dawn of the twenty-first c…
Über Volkssouveränität by Ingeborg Maus
The power of reason in international negotiations: Notes on Risse, Müller, and Deitelhoff
The argumentative turn in policy analysis in general and the theory of communicative action of Jürgen Habermas in particular have inspired scholars of international relations to develop an alternative analysis of negotiation processes. According to these scholars, a logic of arguing and persuasion is predominant in those negotiations that establish new regimes and foster the acceptance of ‘universal’ norms. In this article I scrutinize their theo…
The productive power of argumentative illusions
Gewohnheiten, Affekte und Reflexivität: Ein pragmatistisches Modell sozialer Kooperation im Anschluss an Dewey und Mead
Rhetoric as Deliberation or Manipulation? About Aristotle's Rhetoric and its Misuse in Recent Literature
In contrast to some recent articles, which try to bridge the gap between Aristotle's Rhetoric and contemporary concepts of deliberative democracy, it is argued that Aristotle in this work does not plead for a rational and unemotional way of political decision making. On the contrary, his Rhetoric should be read as a manual for strategically oriented actors if not for demagogues. The well-known tension between the more ethical and the political pa…
Wer kann dazu schon »nein« sagen?: Oder: die Grenzen der Demokratie
Political participation, social inequalities, and special veto powers
The retreat of socially disadvantaged people from the democratic process, which can be observed for some time now, is a symptom of the decreasing ability of Western societies to integrate its citizenry. This retreat poses a serious threat to democracy and must be regarded as a feature of a post-democratic constellation. It not only runs counter to the core democratic principle of political equality, but also has a tendency to strengthen the decli…
Das Volk gegen die (liberale) Demokratie: Leviathan Sonderband 32 | 2017
Zurück in die Zukunft
Bildung ist nur ein Königsweg: Anmerkungen zu Die Dritte Aufklärung von Michael Hampe
Die politischen Entwicklungen der vergangenen Jahre und hier insbesondere der Aufstieg politischer Parteien, die man gemeinhin als “populistisch” bezeichnet, aber auch der Brexit und die Wahl von Donald Trump haben in der öffentlichen Debatte für viel Unruhe gesorgt. Dabei ist eine Strategie der Moralisierung vorherrschend. Populistische Politikerinnen und Politiker, aber auch deren Wählerinnen und Wähler werden als rassistisch, sexistisch, natio…
Methodologies Matter: From Axel Honneth’s Reformism to John Dewey’s Radicalism
This article compares Axel Honneth’s method of normative reconstruction with John Dewey's method of problem-solving. We argue that Dewey’s method is more open to “radical” measures of social transformation because it does not bear Honneth’s inherent conservative implications. Dewey’s “more radical” measures include, in particular, demands for a socialist transformation of the economy, whereas Honneth’s approach leads to mere reformist proposals w…
Towards an Antifederalist Theory of the EU: Democratic Federal Lessons for the European Union
Several recent crises and the increasing populism and Euroscepticism across member states have intensified debates on the nature of the EU. While researchers have looked to US federal experience and theory, a bias remains towards the federalism of the Federalists and ‘Madisonian' lessons for the EU. In contrast, we argue that the federalism of the Antifederalists provides an alternative, more appropriate frame for assessing the EU's federal chall…
Back to the future! Habermas and Dewey on democracy in capitalist times
Städte sind keine Inseln. Kommentar zu „Politische Theorie für das urbane Zeitalter“ von Verena Frick
Bibliographie: Jörke, Dirk: Städte sind keine Inseln. Kommentar zu „Politische Theorie für das urbane Zeitalter“ von Verena Frick, ZPTh – Zeitschrift für Politische Theorie, 1-2020, S. 75-78. https://doi.org/10.3224/zpth.v11i1.08
The reshaping of political representation in post-growth capitalism: A paradigmatic analysis of green and right-wing populist parties
This article aims to provide an analysis of the reconfiguration of political orientations in the face of weakening economic growth. We address a widely observed new polarization in the party systems of Western democracies, with radically universalist and ecological orientations, often represented by green parties, versus industrialist and authoritarian values, mainly represented by right-wing populism. In our effort to explain this constellation,…
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