%0 Journal Article
%T Sich (nicht) geschlagen geben. Unabdingbare Anspr¨¹che, Kompromisse und das Interesse an einer agonistischen Lebensform: Zu Chantal Mouffes Begriff des Politischen
%A Burkhard Liebsch
%J Behemoth : a Journal on Civilisation
%D 2010
%I University of Freiburg
%X This article discusses Chantal Mouffe¡¯s concept of the political that allegedly departs fun-damentally from the so called ¡°cosmopolitical illusion¡±, i. e. the illusion that liberal-democratic forms of life could overcome antagonistic conflicts once and for all. Mouffe¡¯s diametrically opposed idea of a ¡°conflictual consensus¡± is critically examined particularly for the claim that it promises to sublate contradictory claims in agonistic forms of conflict. A critical evaluation of this thesis refers to the question whether such a consensus unconditionally requires the renunciation of any unalienable claim.
%U http://www.oldenbourg-link.com/doi/pdf/10.1524/behe.2010.0015