Sprzeczności i antynomie jako przypadłość demokracji
Contradictions and Antinomies as Afflictions of Democracy

Summary/Abstract: Antinomies are a feature of any democratic system – including neoliberal ones – due to its genesis and functions. Edward Karolczuk’s aim in this article is to examine whether it is justifiable to use the categories of logical and dialectical contradiction in the study of democracy. In order properly o understand the internal contradictions of neoliberal democracy, it is necessary, in Karolczuk’s opinion, to use dialectics in the sense in which it was understood by G.W.F. Hegel and K. Marx. At the starting point of his reflections, Karolczuk summons the concept of dialectics in the context of the analysis of liberal democracy. Other concepts synthetically discussed in the introductory part of the article, are those of contradiction and antinomies and their types, relevant from the point of view of the topic and purpose of this discussion. They allow him to identify, in the final part of the article, antinomies typical of democracy (e.g., “the power of the people”, equality, freedom, majority, and minority).

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