%0 Journal Article %1 peled2021linguistic %A Peled, Yael %D 2021 %J Citizenship Studies %K boundary citizenship citizenship,linguistic deliberative democracy,democratic justice,The problem theory,everyday %N 0 %P 1--18 %R 10.1080/13621025.2021.1968720 %T The Linguistic Boundary Problem %V 0 %X The boundary problem in political theory concerns the question of the constitution of the demos, and the principle(s) and/or mechanism(s) that may be permissibly used for its demarcation. But what are the linguistic terms in which such demarcation acts should take place? I contend that the boundary problem is nested within a linguistic boundary problem, and that a normative consideration on the constitution of the demos cannot avoid the need to address the question of its linguistic constitution, particularly on the part of `talk-centric' deliberative approaches to democratic citizenship and inclusion. I argue that conceptualising the demos in pre-linguistic, non-linguistic or otherwise linguistically-unaware terms has substantive and adverse implications for its legitimacy claims. I conclude the interrogation of the boundary problem and its linguistic variant by proposing a shift from an abstracted notion of communicative rationality, towards a more situated communicative linguistic and political culture, grounded in linguistic epistemic humility.

@article{peled2021linguistic, abstract = {The boundary problem in political theory concerns the question of the constitution of the demos, and the principle(s) and/or mechanism(s) that may be permissibly used for its demarcation. But what are the linguistic terms in which such demarcation acts should take place? I contend that the boundary problem is nested within a linguistic boundary problem, and that a normative consideration on the constitution of the demos cannot avoid the need to address the question of its linguistic constitution, particularly on the part of `talk-centric' deliberative approaches to democratic citizenship and inclusion. I argue that conceptualising the demos in pre-linguistic, non-linguistic or otherwise linguistically-unaware terms has substantive and adverse implications for its legitimacy claims. I conclude the interrogation of the boundary problem and its linguistic variant by proposing a shift from an abstracted notion of communicative rationality, towards a more situated communicative linguistic and political culture, grounded in linguistic epistemic humility.}, added-at = {2022-09-21T21:38:35.000+0200}, author = {Peled, Yael}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c7997207287997cb849b9ca6166615fc/paulomoekotte}, doi = {10.1080/13621025.2021.1968720}, interhash = {2ac385e7210ba3d3b1bb4ac463ca71cc}, intrahash = {c7997207287997cb849b9ca6166615fc}, issn = {1362-1025}, journal = {Citizenship Studies}, keywords = {boundary citizenship citizenship,linguistic deliberative democracy,democratic justice,The problem theory,everyday}, month = oct, number = 0, pages = {1--18}, timestamp = {2022-09-21T21:39:07.000+0200}, title = {The Linguistic Boundary Problem}, volume = 0, year = 2021 }