Abstract
People have shared funds of sense that operate in every aspect of their lives. These complex sensibilities constitute a range of often contradictory dispositions and attunements that we can describe as sensible disorders. Further, sensibilities are available for multiple differential determinations from which the ability for self-reflection and intervention derives. 'Democratic space' is an appropriate name for the region of sensibilities. Rather than naming a grounding identity, 'democratic space' names a region without imperative, voice, or intention. Nothing that happens defines the region of determination. The paper describes a sense of democratic space that is distinguishable from other senses and points to dispositional and political aspects of that sense.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 145-156 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Research in Phenomenology |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2008 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Philosophy