Democratic Problem-Solving

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1: Linking Philosophy and Politics

1 Anti-Authority: Comparing Popper and Rorty on the Dialogic Development of Beliefs and Practices

2 A Bridge over Turbulent Waters

3 Context and Contestation

4 Problem-Solving: Critical Contingencies

5 There Are No Dangerous Ideas

Part 2: Science, Problem-Solving and Sociology

6 Science, Democracy and the Sociology of Power

7 Criticism versus Dogmatism

8 The Problem of Demarcation Isn’t Going Away

Part 3: Democracy, Education and the Role of Intellectuals in Public Life

9 Democracy, Criticism and the Problems Facing Dialogue

10 Beyond Lamentations: Overcoming Neoliberalism?

11 The Politics of Definitions and Neoliberal Interventionism

12 Appealing to Academics to Become Public Intellectuals

13 The Cost of Public Intellectuals

14 Radical Public Intellectuals

Part 4: From Public Intellectuals to Political Economy and Technology

15 Public Intellectuals and the Political Economy of Food

16 Desiderata of the Future of Political Economy

17 The Neoliberal Political Economy of Science and Higher Education

18 The Problem of Technocapitalism

Part 5: Democracy, Dialogue, Experts and Elites

19 Envisioning Peaceful Democratic Dialogues

20 Democracy, Experts and Elites: The Case of Brexit

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

About the Authors