Episode 9: Radical Theory of Democracy: A Perspective to Understand the Contestations of Gender Rights

Already in other episodes of the podcast we have talked about how democratic principles are questioned and the representation and participation of individual groups is restricted. This is the case, for example, in Hungary when the government questions equality goals or puts massive pressure on the LGBTIQ community and makes them invisible. But it is also problematic when democratic participation is negated with the help of religion. Against this background, it is time to fundamentally address democracy - not only as a form of government, but as an idea of emancipation and self-determination within a community. In this episode, Katharina Ussling talks with Dr. Karsten Schubert and Lívia de Souza Lima, PhD student at the Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies at Bielefeld University, about the contribution of radical democratic theory to understanding the contestations of women's and gender rights.


guests: Dr. Karsten Schubert, Lívia de Souza Lima
production: Katharina Ussling
music: Broke für Free – Melt (CC BY 3.0), Mello C – Deporaju (CC BY-NC 4.0)