Articles by Antonin Lacelle-Webster

May 13, 2022

🦋 Recovering democratic possibilities in complex political systems

Antonin Lacelle-Webster

Jean-Paul Gagnon’s ambitious project expands our democratic imaginaries. While inspiring, Antonin Lacelle-Webster argues that making sense of democracy requires more than a lexicon. Resisting the prevailing sense of disrepair in today’s democratic politics asks us to pay more attention to democracy's appropriation, design, and normative value

Antonin Lacelle-Webster

PhD candidate, University of British Columbia

Antonin is a PhD candidate in political theory in the Department of Political Science at UBC and a research assistant at Participedia.

He is broadly interested in issues related to democratic theory, democratic innovation, and the politics of hope and despair.

He tweets @antolw

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