Isn't it more useful to think of "democracy" in Western
societies as a set of social practices (with their
discursive logics, and institutional forms of reproduction,
etc.) specific to (our) those societies, rather than as a
"regulative ideal"? Wouldn't a Foucauldian approach involve
looking at the material functions, techniques, and effects
of democracy rather than democratic ideologies?
societies as a set of social practices (with their
discursive logics, and institutional forms of reproduction,
etc.) specific to (our) those societies, rather than as a
"regulative ideal"? Wouldn't a Foucauldian approach involve
looking at the material functions, techniques, and effects
of democracy rather than democratic ideologies?