Misrecognition and Domination in Transnational Democracy
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2010
Description
In this article, I locate the Critical Theoretic and Republican themes of misrecognition and domination in transnational democracy, viewed as an emancipatory project. Contrary to John Dryzek, I argue that transnational democracy requires an appropriate account of mutual recognition and personal integrity in order to ground the emancipatory dimension of this project, especially given Dryzek's analysis of transnational contests in forming personal identifications. Beyond this, I argue that the same themes are needed to supplement James Bohman's account of the normative powers of dominated persons to initiate deliberation in circumstances of injustice. Primarily, my claim has been that the idea of personal integrity remains essential not only to motivating the project of transnational democracy, but also modifying the appeal to normative powers in the interest of enabling dominated persons to enter into communicative relationships and engage in public processes of critical self-examination.
Citation Information
Allen, Michael. 2010. Misrecognition and Domination in Transnational Democracy. Contemporary Political Theory. Vol.9(2). 200-219. https://doi.org/10.1057/cpt.2008.26 ISSN: 1470-8914