Book Workshop: Post-foundational Theories of Democracy & The Agonistic Condition

16.06.2025

Die politischen Theoretiker Oliver Marchart (Universität Wien) und Dimitris Vardoulakis (Western Sydney University) stellen ihre neuesten Bücher vor, die beide in Kürze bei Edinburgh University Press erscheinen werden:

Oliver Marchart: Post-foundational Theories of Democracy. Re-claiming Freedom, Equality, Solidarity

Dimitris Vardoulakis: The Agonistic Condition


16th June 2025 from 09:30-15:30h
Konferenzraum, Neues Institutsgebäude, 2nd Floor
University of Vienna

Anmeldung: valerie.scheibenpflug@univie.ac.at

 

Programm

09:30 - 10:00h: Post-foundational Theories of Democracy. Re-claiming Freedom, Equality, Solidarity - Introduction by Oliver Marchart


10:15 – 11:00h: Discussion I. “Reclaiming Representation. Democracy Beyond Identity” (Chapter 1)
Comments by Denis Vyaznikov


11:15 – 12:00h: Discussion II. “Reclaiming the People: In Defense of a Democratic Populism” (Chapter 2)
Comments by Julia Werthmann


12:00 – 13:15h: Lunch-Break


13:15 – 13:30h: The Agonistic Condition - Introduction by Dimitris Vardoulakis


13:45 – 14:30h: Discussion I. “Preamble: The Agonistic Condition/Introduction: Agonistic Democracy and the Agonistic Condition”
Comments by Valerie Scheibenpflug


14:45– 15:30h: Discussion II. “Instrumentality and Agonism” (Chapter 3)
Comments by Anna-Theresa Steffner de Marco