Antinomies of Democracy

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Antinomies of Democracy

Nov 16, 2018 at | Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics, 133 South 36th Street

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Speaker Biographies

<p>Conference Participants:<br />Anne Norton / University of Pennsylvania<br />Tulia Falleti / University of Pennsylvania<br />Jeffrey Winters / Northwestern University<br />Michael Hanchard / University of Pennsylvania<br />Ariane Chebel D’Appollonia / Rutgers University<br />Christopher Parker / University of Washington<br />Demetra Kasimis / University of Chicago<br />Sophia Rosenfeld / University of Pennsylvania</p>

Description

With the the resurgence of fascism and xenophobia in the world, scholars and pundits have declared that democracy is in crisis. However, history reveals that democracies have always existed amidst systems that thrive on inequality.
This workshop will focus on two questions:
Are certain forms of exclusion intrinsic to the practice of democracy?
How distinct is contemporary democracy’s relationship to inequality from earlier periods in history?