Revisiting Liberal Democratic Universalism: a Critical Rhetoric of the Liberal Democratic World Order
Liberal democracy has become the predominant political regime in the 21st century even in countries that have little or no history of ‘democratic structures and practices’. However, it seems as though setting up a functional, stable, and viable democratic state is harder than overthrowing autocrati...
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Liberal democracy has become the predominant political regime in the 21st century even in countries that have little or no history of ‘democratic structures and practices’. However, it seems as though setting up a functional, stable, and viable democratic state is harder than overthrowing autocratic rulers. This rhetorical criticism explores gridlocks that hamper the development of universal liberal democratic values by emphasizing the Western hegemonic status of defining what liberal democracy is. It is pertinent to look into this dominant role considering that it is through these values that actions, policies, and other values are to be construed and judged. This paper aims to (1) highlight the role of moral cosmopolitanism as the initial step of Western hegemony, (2) identify the paradox of defining liberal democracy as universal but treating it as a particular, and (3) discuss the ironies of democratic imperialism and its hindrance to self-determination. This paper hopes to shed some light in the importance of various interpretations, definitions, and adaptations of liberal democratic values depending on the context of the society incorporating, its culture, its values, and its identity, in order to find a more comprehensive definition of democracy.
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| spelling | doaj-art-c15e0dad6ebe4a5abe4bd121a6ecac772025-08-20T02:22:36ZengMilano University PressGlocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation2283-79492016-07-012Revisiting Liberal Democratic Universalism: a Critical Rhetoric of the Liberal Democratic World OrderRose Joy E. Smith0Ural Federal University Liberal democracy has become the predominant political regime in the 21st century even in countries that have little or no history of ‘democratic structures and practices’. However, it seems as though setting up a functional, stable, and viable democratic state is harder than overthrowing autocratic rulers. This rhetorical criticism explores gridlocks that hamper the development of universal liberal democratic values by emphasizing the Western hegemonic status of defining what liberal democracy is. It is pertinent to look into this dominant role considering that it is through these values that actions, policies, and other values are to be construed and judged. This paper aims to (1) highlight the role of moral cosmopolitanism as the initial step of Western hegemony, (2) identify the paradox of defining liberal democracy as universal but treating it as a particular, and (3) discuss the ironies of democratic imperialism and its hindrance to self-determination. This paper hopes to shed some light in the importance of various interpretations, definitions, and adaptations of liberal democratic values depending on the context of the society incorporating, its culture, its values, and its identity, in order to find a more comprehensive definition of democracy. https://ojs-unimi-test.4science.cloud/index.php/glocalism/article/view/21213democracyhegemonyideologyliberalismsovereignty |
| spellingShingle | Rose Joy E. Smith Revisiting Liberal Democratic Universalism: a Critical Rhetoric of the Liberal Democratic World Order Glocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation democracy hegemony ideology liberalism sovereignty |
| title | Revisiting Liberal Democratic Universalism: a Critical Rhetoric of the Liberal Democratic World Order |
| title_full | Revisiting Liberal Democratic Universalism: a Critical Rhetoric of the Liberal Democratic World Order |
| title_fullStr | Revisiting Liberal Democratic Universalism: a Critical Rhetoric of the Liberal Democratic World Order |
| title_full_unstemmed | Revisiting Liberal Democratic Universalism: a Critical Rhetoric of the Liberal Democratic World Order |
| title_short | Revisiting Liberal Democratic Universalism: a Critical Rhetoric of the Liberal Democratic World Order |
| title_sort | revisiting liberal democratic universalism a critical rhetoric of the liberal democratic world order |
| topic | democracy hegemony ideology liberalism sovereignty |
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