Habermasian deliberative democracy and neo-Confucian deliberative democracy
Keywords:
Deliberative Democracy, Habermas, Neoconfucianism, West-East, Consensus, HarmonyAbstract
In this article, I deal with Habermasian and Confucian deliberative democracy
from an intercultural and comparative perspective. The choice is made on the
following bases:
1) Habermas and Neoconfucian approaches to democracy are representative of
their respective historical, cultural and philosophic tradition (Occidental and
Oriental),
2) The need to develop a “global philosophy” beyond disciplinary, theoretical,
cultural, ideological and national parochialisms, empty and false universalisms
and dual and conflicting views of West and East,
3) They share a universalistic and normative vision of politics culminating in the
ideas of “consensus” and harmony of “all under heaven” respectively.
Today China today is not only an economic but also a political superpower, as
OBOR (One Belt One Road) clearly shows. If the new ´Chinese style´
globalization will follow American globalization and its development model is still
uncertain. That is why to prevent new hegemonies and dominations it is urgent
to rethink West and East political ideas and to foster new ones.
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