La democrazia dei moderni
Storia di una crisi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19908043 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dino Costantini (University of Venice Ca' Foscari, IT, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | La democrazia dei moderni (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Firenze University Press (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.36253/978-88-6655-231-4 |
| OpenAlex | W2469773431 |
| Open Library | OL31314723M |
| ISBN | 9788866552314 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Even though the crisis of the 'real' democratic institutions is increasingly evident, the democratic idea continues to be almost universally considered the only possible guarantee of the legitimacy of political systems. This apparent paradox reminds that, as Hans Kelsen already recognized, the worst risks for democracy originate from its ideological successes. It is precisely its establishment as a unanimously shared «watchword» that risks transforming democracy into a label lacking all historical depth and political urgency. By investigating the modern concept of democracy against the background of the institutional transformations that have accompanied its development, this work aims to deconstruct that aura of necessity with which present-day 'real' democracies love to be surrounded. Through an active comparison with the classics, the author takes into consideration some of the most trenchant critiques that modern democracy has attracted from the period of its invention to date, rounding off with an analysis of the present post-democratic reduction of institutions in the prime democracies. While recalling how the form historically assumed by the democratic institutions has always been the result of heated political debate, this book invites us to rethink the forms of democratic representation outside all naïve, pseudo-naturalistic modes of understanding: thus it would like to help recommence that process of invention of which a democracy not reduced to self-idolatry must consist
Democracy · Ideology · Law and economics · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Political theory and Gramsci
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2023 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |