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The article is intended as a contribution to contemporary discussions of the character of liberal democracy and liberal-democratic citizenship. According to Mouffe, who is inspired by Carl Schmitt, liberal democracy is beset by a fundamental paradox which consists in the incompatibility of liberalism and democracy. In contrast to Schmitt, however, Mouffe attempts to show that acceptance of this...