TY - JOUR
T1 - West By Not West
T2 - Comparative Democratic Theory is Constellational
AU - Beausoleil, Emily
AU - Gagnon, Jean Paul
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, Democratic Theory. All Rights Reserved.
PY - 2023/6/1
Y1 - 2023/6/1
N2 - In 2020, Alexander Weiss introduced the idea of “comparative democratic theory” (CDT). For it to work, argues Weiss, a comparativist must first: “(1) identify relevant cases of non-Western democratic thought” (such as socialist democracy, Hungarian-style up to 1989, see Milan Pap in this issue for more); “(2) interpret the [text/s on that or those cases] from a globally comparative perspective; and (3) play back conceptual insight from the [text/s] to [a global, pluralist, body] of democratic theory” (2020, 32). Weiss’ proposal is novel but, as Bernd Reiter would almost certainly express, it could do more to demonstrate how earlier proposals for the decolonization of knowledge precede it.
AB - In 2020, Alexander Weiss introduced the idea of “comparative democratic theory” (CDT). For it to work, argues Weiss, a comparativist must first: “(1) identify relevant cases of non-Western democratic thought” (such as socialist democracy, Hungarian-style up to 1989, see Milan Pap in this issue for more); “(2) interpret the [text/s on that or those cases] from a globally comparative perspective; and (3) play back conceptual insight from the [text/s] to [a global, pluralist, body] of democratic theory” (2020, 32). Weiss’ proposal is novel but, as Bernd Reiter would almost certainly express, it could do more to demonstrate how earlier proposals for the decolonization of knowledge precede it.
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U2 - 10.3167/dt.2023.100101
DO - 10.3167/dt.2023.100101
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85159039644
SN - 2332-8894
VL - 10
SP - v-viii
JO - Democratic Theory
JF - Democratic Theory
IS - 1
ER -