DECON · Deconstruction as Critical Method in Political Theory
Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2019-07-15 → 2021-07-14
- EU contribution
- €212,195
- Participants
- 1
- Scheme
- MSCA-IF-EF-ST
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Results in brief
Deconstruction as Critical Method in Political Theory
Deconstruction offers a rich source as critique and as a method for political theory. This project, ‘Deconstruction as Critical Method in Political Theory’ (DECON), explored the critical potential of deconstruction for five key concepts in political theory: democracy, representation, rights, sovereignty and populism, and systematized (as far as that is possible) deconstruction as a methodological and theoretical framework for political theory. This is important because these are concepts that we use regularly in political debates as well as in academic circles. My contribution has been to offer a new way to analyze discourses on democracy, representation, rights, sovereignty and populism. The overall objective was to show how a deconstructive reading opens up new ways of thinking about political concepts and, thus, new ways of acting politically. More concretely, the objective was to write a number of papers, some of which together make up a draft book manuscript for a research monograph.
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Project objective
Deconstruction as Critical Method in Political Theory‘Deconstruction as Critical Method in Political Theory’ (DECON) explores the critical potential of deconstruction for three important - but contested - concepts in political theory: democracy, sovereignty and universality, and systematises deconstruction as a methodological and theoretical framework for political theory. This is done through methodological and conceptual development within deconstruction and through critical conversation with other approaches in political theory. The overall objective of DECON is to develop deconstruction as a systematic approach within political theory. The proposed research is highly relevant for current academic and political debates about the challenges to liberal democracy from populism, the representative character of contemporary democratic institutions, and the possibility for social critique in the face of post-truth politics. My wager is that deconstruction can provide a novel and productive perspective on these debates – but, in order to do so, it is necessary to develop deconstruction in a more systematic fashion so that it can enter into critical conversation with other, more mainstream approaches in political theory.I pursue this project in the political theory research group in the Department of Political Science and in the Centre for Anthropological, Political and Social Theory (CAPS) at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH), where I will be part of an international research environment focusing on critique and critical theory in the social sciences. The expected impact of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action consists of two journal articles and a book manuscript as well as organisation of workshops and a reading group, seminar and conference presentations, and public dissemination activities. This is in addition to essential training n dissemination for non-academic audiences and in research and administrative leadership.
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Participants
- KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET · KOBENHAVNCoordinatorDenmark
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