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Reinventarea democraţiei
Reinventing Democracy

Author(s): Vasile Pleşca
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fundaţia »Societatea Civilă« (FSC)
Keywords: Democracy; Human rights; Liberalism; Popper; Manent

Summary/Abstract: At the begining of the third millenium, the idea of democracy lives its maturity. Beyond this, the complexity of the human nature is very difficult to include in a political theory. Because of this, the old ways of understanding the democracy are obsolite, and the liberal perspective over democracy gives birth to some innovative visions. Analyzing the perspectives of Manent or Popper, this study tries to show why the theory of democracy can no longer sustain itself as a discourse about the way somebody gets the political power, but as a discourse it distinguishes by the respect it shows to the human dignity. That is proved by the promotion and the defense of the fundamental rights.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 159
  • Page Range: 24-29
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian