Conclusion: Agonistic Deliberation in the Public Sphere
9 important questions on Conclusion: Agonistic Deliberation in the Public Sphere
What do Agonistic deliberations offer?
They offer educators an important lesson: a need to bolster (versterken/ondersteunen/opvullen) the public arena.
What is constant about the political?
What did Arendt lament (klagen, betreuren) about?
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What happens if people become more socialized, accoring to Arendt?
In becoming more socialized people become less political.
Enlargemnet of the private, the enchantment, as it were, of a whole people, does not make it public... On the contrary, it means only that the public realm has almost completely receded.
The waning of the public is cause for concern, why?
Public spaces need to be reclaimed, why and how?
Democratic educators can help preserve the public arena by helping students practice agonism through the political so as to better understand its importance for our puralistic democracy.
What do young people need to become more invested in politics?
What must students learn through agonistic deliberation?
- navigate political conflicts.
- negotiate actionable solutions
If agonistic deliberation can help students learn to negotiate, forgive and harness their political emotions for renegotiation, what will happen?
They may learn that power may never be defused, but the struggle is worthwhile.
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