John Stuart Mill and the Antagonistic Foundation of Liberal Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6399388 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brandon P Turner, Brandon Turner (0000-0001-8284-2794, Clemson University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-53 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670509990957 |
| OpenAlex | W2014515495 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 32 |
The agonistic critique of liberalism argues that liberal theory unwisely eliminates conflict from the design of liberal-democratic institutions and understandings of liberal citizenship. John Stuart Mill anticipates and resolves the agonistic critique by incorporating several theories of antagonism into his political theory. At the institutional level, Mill places two antagonisms at the center of his political theory: the tension between the popular and bureaucratic elements in representative government, on the one hand, and that between the democratic and aristocratic elements in modern society, on the other. These tensions guarantee the fluidity of the political sphere. At the experiential level, Mill's embrace of antagonism is even more complete, as he argues that even our objectively correct opinions must be ceaselessly contested to become properlyours. The theory that emerges is both agonistic and liberal; further, it calls into question current liberal attitudes concerning conflict and antagonism
Agonism · Agonistic behaviour · Bureaucracy · Democracy · Law and economics · Liberalism · Mill · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Engineering · European Political History Analysis · Law · Political Theory and Influence · Public Administration · Social Psychology
The Presence of the Past
Civil Passions
Two Fugitive Democracy
Patterns of Moral Complexity
Pluralism and Liberal Democracy
On Political Equality
John Stuart Mill and the “Marketplace of Ideas”
The Concept of the Political
Politics and Vision
Liberalism and Empire
Legalism
The Emancipation of the American Mind
John Stuart Mill's Theory of Bureaucracy within Representative Government
A Tale of Two Indias
The Politics of Agonism
Cultivating Character
A Turn to Empire
John Stuart Mill on Liberty and Control
Interpreting Berlin's Liberalism
Thick-Skinned Liberalism
The Concept of the Political
The Passions and the Interests
Marx and Mill
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2021 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |