174 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the possibilities offered by Derrida’s work on democracy for interpreting contemporary struggles over democracy in Turkey.
The relationship between democracy and justice seems of unquestionable importance to Derrida, with democracy and justice held in tension by deconstruction. Agnes Czajka offers a qualified endorsement of a ‘just democracy’, grounded in the... Read more
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Taksim Square Book Club
Chapter One: No Democracy without Deconstruction
Chapter Two: The Autoimmunity of Democracy
Chapter Three: #direngezi: The Struggle for Turkish Democracy
Chapter Four: The Aporias of Turkish Democracy
Chapter Five: A Just Democracy
Conclusion: The Inheritance of Democracy
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Agnes Czajka is a lecturer in the Department of Politics & International Studies at the Open University. Her research interests include contemporary social and political thought, democracy, citizenship, contentious politics, European and Mediterranean politics, and refugee and migrant politics.
