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Agonistic Pluralism and the Political Thought of Chantal Mouffe

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Chantal Mouffe, a Belgian political theorist, developed agonistic pluralism in the 1990s, arguing that the supposed 'end of history' and triumph of liberal democracy actually neutered politics by denying the inherent role of conflict.

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What if democracy isn't about finding common ground, but about embracing conflict? Chantal Mouffe argues that the true test of democracy lies in how it manages disagreement, not in how it eliminates it.