Discursive practices of deliberative democracy in Ukrainian society

Abstract

The author’s group aimed to carry out a socio-philosophical analysis of the processes of the formation of institutions of deliberative democracy in Ukraine, in particular, to reveal the complex and contradictory nature of the processes of distortion of communications in Ukrainian society, which take the form of simulative and imitative practices, when instead of argumentative discourses, quasi-communications aimed at to achieve not the argumentative consensus of citizens, but the goals and ensuring the interests of individual social groups. The research will show paradigmatic changes in modern social philosophy, accordingly, the concepts of deliberative democracy, communicative philosophy, and discursive ethics will be used, taking into account their methodological limits. The authors of the monograph sought to find out, first of all, the following questions: what are the peculiarities of the deliberative democracy of Ukrainian society from the perspective of European integration? What is the ratio of deliberative and representative types of democracy given the development of existing institutions of civil society in Ukraine; what is the identification of the contradictory character and intellectual potential of discursive practices in the process of formation of institutions of deliberative democracy in Ukrainian society and what contradictions await Ukrainian society on this path. In the search for answers to these questions and as a result of the research, the concept of the institutional formation of deliberative democracy in Ukrainian society was substantiated in the light of discussions about the current state of democracy in the world. The recommendations were formulated for the future development of discursive practices through the creation of institutions of deliberative democracy. The scientific novelty of the study is that it analyzes for the first time the intellectual and critical potential of discourse as a factor in the formation of deliberative democracy in Ukraine. The methodological basis of the research is transcendental-pragmatic, comparatives, phenomenological, system-functional, and analytical methods.