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Democratic Assemblage: Power, Normativity, and Responsibility in More-than-Human Participation by Asenbaum, Hans, Bussu, Sonia

“…Over the past two decades, the scholarly community interested in participatory and deliberative democracy has focused their attention on democratic…”
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The Myth of the Fourth Industrial Revolution by Moll, Ian

“…This article argues that there is no such phenomenon as a Fourth Industrial Revolution. It derives a framework for the analysis of any industrial revolution…”
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Friendship as Politics: Human Flourishing in Multiracial Democracy by Eze, Chielozona

“…In the recent past, political philosophers have turned their attention to what Martha Nussbaum has correctly termed ‘political emotions’, or the role of…”
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Responding to Molefe's Anti-abortionism by Alhadeff, Brooke, Lerm, Jessica

“…In his recent book, An African Ethics of Personhood and Bioethics: A Reflection on Abortion and Euthanasia (2020), South African philosopher Motsamai Molefe…”
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Sen on Open and Closed Impartiality by Elmore, Benjamin

“…In this article, I will rebut Amartya Sen's arguments that John Rawls's political philosophy gives us a form of closed rather than open impartiality. I will…”
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Embedding Silence into Politics: Book Roundtable Discussion by Lavender, Luke, Freeden, Michael, Brito Vieira, Mónica

“…How silence relates to politics has traditionally been connected to the dismissal of silence from politics. However, there is a growing recognition that this…”
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Gambiarras, Quilombos and Pachamama: Democratic Innovations and Assemblage Theory from Latin American Practices by Motta, Filipe Mendes, Mendonça, Ricardo Fabrino, Veloso, Lucas, Magalhães, Bruno Dias

“…The theory of assemblage has been increasingly influential in contemporary political theory and the democratic innovations debate. This perspective has…”
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Territorialisation, Deterritorialisation and Power in Democratic Assemblages by Kaithwar, Raj

“…Democracy as an assemblage highlights the complexity, contingency and non-linear becomings of a democratic society which is never static but constantly…”
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Objects as Participants in the Democratic Assemblage: A Playful Exploration of the Affective Materiality of Junk by Asenbaum, Hans, Poulsen, Mathias

“…Objects, their material affordances, and agentic potentials are neglected by research on democratic participation. This article draws on new materialist…”
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Statues and Democracy: The Political Dynamics of Urban Assemblage by Machin, Amanda

“…Although they often go unnoticed, the statues that stand in town squares and city parks around the world remain significant in contemporary societies. Statues…”
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Greening Plant Participation through Assemblage Thinking by Ramos, Alfredo, Ganuza, Ernesto

“…The recent emergence of participatory and deliberative processes aimed at addressing the complexity of the ecological crisis has raised the questions of how to…”
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From the Strawberry to the Snowflake to Nuclear Democracy by Gagnon, Jean-Paul

“…Indigenous research frameworks, such as heart-led practices from the Anishinaabe and Ojibwe perspectives, demonstrate how theory can be derived from the place…”
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Re-Assembling Democracy: A Nascent Theory of Nonhuman Political Participation by Ejsing, Mads

“…This article explores the concepts of political participation through the lens of new materialism and critical democratic theory. It argues that the concept of…”
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Utopia and Ideal Theory: Reasons for a Divorce by Zuolo, Federico

“…In political theory, utopia is traditionally understood as representing a beautiful but impossible state of affairs. By contrast, the majority of scholarly…”
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Substantive Majoritarian Consensual Democracy: A Critical Response to Matolino's Consensus as Democracy in Africa by Adeate, Tosin

“…Afro-communitarian thinkers have often pointed to consensual democracy as a valuable feature of traditional African societies. African philosophers, including…”
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Advancing the Recognition of Women in African Philosophy by Maponya, Dimpho Takane

“…In this article, I examine the marginalisation of women, specifically in African philosophy, with the aim of cautioning and inspiring a reconfiguration of…”
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Seeing beyond Being Seen: The Politics of Recognition and Intimacy by Dickinson, Colby

“…As biological taxonomists have only recently begun to acknowledge, humanity is stuck in a tension between its myriad social, cultural, political and religious…”
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Navigating the ‘Ideology of Eros’ in the Politics of Recognition: Love and the Ethic of Non-Recognition by Hurst, Andrea

“…This article discusses Charles Taylor's analysis of the ‘politics of recognition’, which reveals that the major versions of the latter share an ideological…”
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Strategies of Normative Ambivalence in Critical Theories of Recognition for the Decolonised Diagnosis of Conflict and Oppression by Allsobrook, Christopher

“…A context of protracted postcolonial misrecognition and social injustice brought most of the contributors to this special issue together. This context raises…”
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Recognition of Animal Pain: Phenomenological Reflections by Olivier, Abraham

“…Animal pain and suffering is mostly caused by humans, particularly by the human use of domestic animals. This calls for the recognition of animal pain and…”
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