Farhad Kerimov (Exeter): Pluralism, Discourse, and Democratic Politics

My dissertation is based on a distinction between plurality as an empirical fact and pluralism as a normatively defined idea of engagement and encounter across differences. I defend the thesis that one of the ways democratic politics can affirm pluralism is to incorporate the normative functions of openness, reflexivity, and agonism as expressed in the works by Iris Young, John Dryzek, and Chantal Mouffe.