this article focuses on zadie smith’s the autograph manin anattempt to see whether smith is for the multiculturalist discourse orcriticizes it. to this end, two major themes of “identity” and “space” areexamined. it is argued that smith offers a counter-narrative to oppose ratherthan support multiculturalism. in fact, what is known as multiculturalistaspects of smith’s work is just a mere refle...

The term ‘global civil society’ has taken on increasing significance within scholarly debate over the past decade. This paper seeks to understand transnational political agency via the study of a particular transnational actor, Oxfam. It argues that the various schools of thought surrounding the global civil society concept, in particular the prevailing liberalcosmopolitan approach, are unable ...

The New Far-Right is often equated with fascism within mainstream political discourse. Although there are fascistic elements of the far-right generally, typified by its adoption liberal values and support democracy. Some argue that this a strategy to distance themselves from fascism, while others their pro-liberal position semi-liberal. This article aims understand whether individuals British s...

A b s t r a c t Three prominent ‘camps’ have emerged within Internet democracy rhetoric and practice, each drawing upon different models of democracy: communitarian, liberal individualist and deliberative. Much interest has been shown in the former two camps by researchers and policy makers. This paper turns to an examination of the possible realization of the third camp’s vision – that the pub...

Current diagnoses of a crisis democracy in the Global North go hand with disparaging “look downwards.” Already nineteenth century, liberal thinkers formulated institutional precautions against “rabble.” What is striking about current devaluation discourse that return this downwards” not limited to libertarian or liberal-conservative concepts but also present progressive approaches. We demonstra...

Abstract It is argued that understanding the norm of political discourse, and it shown why assertions can be epistemically problematic within a liberal democracy even when asserted knowledgeably.

The question of identity in a narrative text is one of the most influential questions that need further study. The variations in the factors that may affect the concept of identity add to the complexity of the narrative text. The study aims at analyzing the main phases, stages, themes and events of Moses’ life story as part of the narrative discourse. The effects of time and place on the main e...