| ID | 109940 |
| Title Proper | No-saying in Habermas |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | White, Stephen K ; Farr, Evan Robert |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Habermas's paradigm of communicative action is usually taken to be pretty much dominated by consensus, "Yes-saying." What if this were a radically one-sided perception? We take up this unorthodox position by arguing that "no-saying" in this paradigm is typically overlooked and underemphasized. To demonstrate this, we consider how negativity is figured at the most basic onto-ethical level in communicative action, as well as expressed in civil disobedience, a phenomenon to which Habermas assigns the remarkable role of "touchstone" (Prufstein) of constitutional democracy. Once the importance of no-saying is drawn out, the paradigm looks distinctly less hostile to dissensus and agonism in democratic life. |
| `In' analytical Note | Political Theory Vol. 40, No. 1; Feb 2012: p.32-57 |
| Journal Source | Political Theory Vol. 40, No. 1; Feb 2012: p.32-57 |
| Key Words | Habermas ; Civil Disobedience ; Agonistic Democracy ; Consensus ; Aesthetic - Expressive Action ; Aesthetic – Expressive Action |