WG 2 Aims & Task

COST Action CA 16211 RECAST

Reappraising Intellectual Debates on Civic Rights and Democracy in Europe

Working Group 2: Languages and Ideologies

Objectives

Researching

➢ The languages of rights and democracy, namely, their pragmatic uses, their rhetorical, and ideological dimensions, and their unfolding in public actions.

➢ Their histories both singular and crossed throughout Europe.

Task

Appraising the pragmatic and ideological resources used by social and political agents to advance their civic claims.