Hanging together : role-based constitutional fellowship and the challenge of difference and disagreement / Eric W. Cheng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cheng, Eric W., 1991- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political sociology.

Political ethics.

Fellowship.

Democracy--Philosophy.

Democracy.

Liberalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 194 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Difference and disagreement can be valuable, yet they can also spiral out of control and damage liberal democracy. Advancing a metaphor of citizenship that the author terms 'role-based constitutional fellowship,' this book offers a solution to this challenge. Cheng argues that a series of 'divisions of labor' among citizens, differently situated, can help cultivate the foundational trust required to harness the benefits of disagreement and difference while preventing them from 'overheating' and, in turn, from leaving liberal democracy vulnerable to the growing influence of autocratic political forces. The book recognizes, however, that it is not always appropriate to attempt to cultivate trust, and acknowledges the important role that some forms of confrontation might play in identifying and rectifying undue social hierarchies, such as racial-ethnic hierarchies. Hanging Together thereby works to pave a middle way between deliberative and realist conceptions of democracy.

Contents:

Introduction: Difference, disagreement, and civic aggression

Aiming too high, aiming too low : the limits of discourse and ourse and contestation

Fellowship's forefather : moving beyond Aristotelean fellowship

Broadening the base : the necessity and dilemmas of liberal nationalism

Three dimensions of trust

Principled pragmatists, principled purists, and the liberal democratic front

Talking, shouting back, and listening better

Justifying (and constraining) salutary hypocrisy

Facilitating fellowship : translucent veils, unlikely associations, and constraints on campaigns

Conclusion: The question of borders and problem of enemies.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jul 2022).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781009179294 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.