Paradoxes or Foundational DialecticBy Charles W. Amjad-AliDear friends, and especially my dear colleague, friend and at points mentor, Prof. Dr. Dr. Theodore Hanf, I am honored, indeed privileged to be here today, presenting on a theme which has been close to my heart for well nigh a quarter...

I am sure you do not expect me to present you with a definition of 'democracy': there are several, sometimes contradictory. Many struggles are fought to advance or consolidate the structures of governance we normally understand under that concept; many atrocities are committed in the name of "s...