Neoliberalism, Globalization and Discrimination in the Twenty-First Century: Issues, Challenges and Limitations of Habermas’ Reason-Based Theory of Liberal Democracy in Current Times
摘要
This chapter discusses the limitations of Habermas’ theory of communicative rationality and deliberative democracy in addressing issues of discrimination as well as addressing issues related to neoliberalism, irrational anti-intellectual mob behaviour and globalization. The focus of the discussion is on the inability of a reason-based theory as the foundation of democracy to address elements of discrimination which are not based on rational understanding.