Изазови развоја демократије у савременом друштву: Pолитичко насиље и теорија (не)праведног рата
Challenges of the Democratic Development in the Contemporary Society: Political Violence and Theory of (Un)Just War

Summary/Abstract: The end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century was characterized by numerous interventions that have been made in the name of democratic development and protection of human rights. The authors of this paper reexamine such statement indicating that neoimperialism became one of the main challenges of the democratic development. In the contemporary society the development of the democratic society is often followed by the development of means for justifying violence. Thus, one of the main reasons is certainly the fact that in democratic societies open use of violence became impossible (i.e. it will face condemnation of public opinion). That led to the necessity of using violence in such manner that it must be justified in the eyes of the public opinion – we must have the so called manufacturing consent. Through history nations declared to many wars arguing that they are doing this for just reasons. The authors in this paper are analyzing the basic principles of just war theory. Having in mind that theory of just war is one of the theories which define which wars are just or unjust, the authors are focusing their analysis primarily on practical manifestations of this theory. Contemporary society has brought a very important innovation which is reflected in the change of the Western countries strategy which participates in such interventions. On one side we have the development of smart weapons of mass destruction, and on the other, in the neoliberal spirit we have emerging necessity for private organizations to be involved in those interventions. In that sense first part of this paper is analyzing risks that occur in contemporary society and trying to define main challenges for the democratic development. In the second part, authors reexamine neoimperial side of the contemporary society.

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