Vol. 6, No. 3 ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** Content   Content [ URL "http://acpo.vedeckecasopisy.cz/publicFiles/0081   Články Jakub Fr něk Editorial [ URL "http://acpo.vedeckecasopisy.cz/publicFiles/00       Asger S?re sen Approaching Political Philosophy through the Critique of Liber Abstra t Understanding political philosophy as practical implies reflec as on government. Liberalism is the main challenge to politica legitimacy of political government. Even the modern political returns again and again, since it makes sense for human beings deceived by political authority. The conclusion is that we mus in the way presented here.     Neomal S lva Emancipation through the Use of Liberal Democratic Values? [ U Abstra t Liberal democracies today face a number of challenges. One ari religious convictions. How can a liberal de- mocracy draw up a Political liberalism is Rawls’ solution to this. Feminists lik face another – arguably much more potent – challenge from thei and philosophical convictions, but also in terms of class, gen structure how each citizen perceives her society. They shape h democratic constitution despite their socially?salient differe Yet it is nonetheless unclear whether everyday folk – i.e. non wholly in terms of the political values – values like equality Indeed, history reveals that women (and structur- ally oppress commu- nication forms – such as stories, oral history, and rhe which people can express their concerns using alternative comm political concerns in the first place. Each of those concerns values that could capture and express gender difference.     Jakub Fr něk Arendt and Foucault on Power, Resistance, and Critique [ URL " Abstra t The present article compares Hannah Arendt’s and Michel Foucau as the modes of resistance against such domination these autho their own critical thinking or their stance vis-?-vis modernit between Arendt’s and Foucault’s political theories and thus de Second, to use the comparative analysis of their works to reso     Babrak Ibra imy Schmitt and Mouffe on the ‘Ontology’ of the Political [ URL "h Abstra t This paper addresses the issue of ‘ontology’ in Schmitt and Mo of interest to see whether Schmitt considered the political in By ontologi- cal I mean that the political has had a particula the known friend/enemy distinction. Second, I will propose tha and the tension of the political in its ontological form. By f my claim is that the content of the political as friend/enemy Mouffe’s position.     Pelin Ayan  usil Does Antagonism Precede Agonism in Challenging Neoliberalism? publicFiles/00786.pdf"] Abstra t Mouffe argues that the effective way of challenging the power antagonism. That is, the left should acknowl- edge the conting and in order to put liberty and equality into practice, it sho disarticulation of existing practices as well as creation of n democracy is to transform the antagonism into agonism,’ Mouffe her very position of how to challenge the neoliberal order. In countries in 1990s as well as in New York, Greece, Spain, and emergence of antagonism, there is no room for the development article conducts a within case research in Turkey in order to transform the con- flicts and power relationships in neolibera helped in the discursive construction of a left-wing identity government’ and thus acted as the neoliberal government’s cons the hegemonic articulations of the neoliberal order prevented argues that the agonistic approach of democracy can only emerg a neoliberal order.     Emanuele Leo ardi Populism as Adaptation: Critical Notes on Ernesto Laclau’s Int acpo.vedeckecasopisy.cz/publicFiles/00787.pdf"] Abstra t In On Populist Reason (2005), Ernesto Laclau revisits in a pro The root of Laclau‘s formulation is the following: an idea of Against every temptation of sociological descriptivism, populi time necessary and yet unable to fully saturate the ontologica of populism perfectly overlaps the political field: there is n reviews Laclau’s discussion of Italian populist formations pre deep continuity between the “national task” claimed by the Ita fictitious country (“Padania”) by the Northern League in the 1 continuity might help in analysing certain aspects of the Nort fails to assess the crucial link between processes of local go fostered by global neoliberal networks.     Marc Wo ns Power, Justice, and National Culture in an Expanding European acpo.vedeckecasopisy.cz/publicFiles/00789.pdf"] Abstra t The ever-expanding European Union (EU) presents the potential EU or miss out on the benefits that come with the membership. democratic and voluntary will of its people. However, from the attitude might be seen as the root of an unjust dilemma. On th particularly in the case of less-developed eastern states. On certain aspects of their culture. This dilemma largely rests o member states must often weigh socio-economic benefits against Switzerland are strong enough economically to avoid this dilem explain the nature and extent of the dilemma within Europe. Th on the matter, namely accept, compensate for, or minimize the combined the first two approaches, there may be benefits to mi     Mihai Din scu EU Democratic Deficit and the Civil Society: A Theoretical Per publicFiles/00791.pdf"] Abstra t The European Union has long been trying to find a remedy for i a direct relation with the citizens, as only the Eu- ropean Pa assumed its role of the ‘guardian of the Treaties’ and impleme compliance with the values of democracy in Europe. In this con and, more broadly, at the current status of democracy in the E the birth of the EU and the classical model of American federa interests. Moreover, the very nature of the most influential p process – France’s Fifth Republic – contained elements that we and legitimacy, and subsequently to a crisis of liberal though authentic constitutional debate in order to reflect the Europe nobody ever asked them about it before.