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tion of pluralism . In other words a democracy that acknowledges the in
wledges the ineradicable dimension a pluralist public space in which the
blish a pluralist public space in wh a nonviolent way . For Mouffe , this e
ails transforming antagonism to “ ago a situation where opposing political
now an adversary rather than an enemy a final agreement can be reached . A
s understanding of the political is “ a hegemonic one established by a se
cal is “ hegemony. ” Every social order a series of practices and institut
egemonic one established by a series of p a context of contingency . In oth
tutions within a context of contingency . a temporary and precarious artic
order is a temporary and precarious articu a given moment as natural o
ng order to install another form of hegemony a complex argument into a bite
her form of hegemony . It may not be fair to a bite-size portion , but for
of radical democracy as the “ impossibility of a genuinely pluralistic demo
s to remain pluralistic at all ) . That is , if a given order it would not
rst place ; there wouldn t be any differences a static situation that co
. This would culminate in a static situation tha a totalitarian society .
s not going to be completely realized , it will a process [ i ] that we
eed to despair . Laclau and Mouffe s ideas about a project without an en
our political struggles , without the expectation of a final destination .
final destination . In the wake of the Jörg Haider m a right-wing mobiliza
ddressed the concept of hope and its relation to passi a more direct manner
material representations that evoke certain meanings an a flag , a song , a
representations that evoke certain meanings and emotions a song , a style o
ations that evoke certain meanings and emotions such as a a style of speaki
the origin of racist articulations , the Left has been add a moralistic dis
exploits . During the Gezi protests in June 2013 , I realiz a futile effort
oğan supporters what the protests meant for the participants a “ coupt atte
protests meant for the participants . It was not a “ coupt at a riot provok
ed by “ foreign spies. ” Dialogue is possible if all sides sha a square mil
13 , the Prime Minister and the pro-government media started to a blatant l
o circulate a blatant lie , now known as the “ Kabataş lie. ” Al a group of
topless male Gezi protesters clad in black skinny leather pants a woman i
tions failed to come to terms with the phenomenon . I found out Fr a concep
Freud s concept of “ illusion ” is mostly about religion , it a usefu
r helplessness [ 18 ] . Granted our psychological inclination for se a sour
s the social sciences and the arts , I observe both fields are practi a cri
f the times—as it has become common practice lately when , for instanc a pu
ublic symposium on current issues in the contemporary dance field becom a c
as become symptomatic of our epoch . Are we , perhaps , equating adoptin a
nly describing and analyzing the world but also contributing to making it a