Episode 19-B (Part 2 of 3) Cristina Lafont's essay "Sticking to the Long Road of Participation: Replies to My Critics"

About this episode

Shaunsky and Sasha continue their discussion on Cristina Lafont's essay addressing criticisms of her work on democracy.

Continuation from 19-A. Shaunsky and Sasha discuss "Sticking to the Long Road of Participation: Replies to My Critics," an essay by Cristina Lafont in response to criticisms of her book Democracy Without Shortcuts. Recorded May 4, 2025. What we were intending to call Episode 19 ran about 2 hours, so we divided it into parts A & B. You can find the essay at https://krisis.eu/article/view/37053/34617. Intro music: "District Four" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Outro music: "RetroFuture Nasty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

People in this episode

Hosts: Shaunsky, Sasha

Topics covered

• participation
• democracy
• criticism
• philosophy
• politics

Keywords

• Cristina Lafont
• Democracy Without Shortcuts
• participation
• critics
• philosophy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Democracy Without Shortcuts

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