Innowacyjność współczesnych teorii demokracji w perspektywie historycznej

Iwona Barwicka-Tylek

doi:10.35765/hp.2294

Published : 2022-09-29

Vol. 13 No. 44 (2022)

Innovativeness of contemporary democratic theory in a historical perspective

Iwona Barwicka-Tylek

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4482-9243

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35765/hp.2294

Section: Thematic Articles

Abstract

RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of the article is to introduce a metatheoretical framework that allows to discuss contemporary theories of democracy and identify the limitations of democratic innovation.

THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND SCIENTIFIC METHODS: The main research problem is the identification of the intellectual source of the so-called “paradox of democracy” (Ch. Mouffe) related to the inconsistency of the “liberal” (represented by B. Constant) and the “democratic” (Rousseau) approach to values such as freedom and equality. It is suggested that this source is the private-public division exposed by T. Hobbes and radicalized in many ways later on. The tool of analysis is the three-level model of the political system as described by C. Offe.

RESEARCH RESULTS: The analysis leads to the conclusion that contemporary democratic innovations can be placed between the extremes determined by procedural democracy on the one hand and illiberal democracy on the other. That is, however, what puts their innovative character into question.

THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The main part of the article is historical and philosophical analysis. The limitations of the modern political language in respect to the notion of democracy are presented.

CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS: The article advocates understanding democracy as the limit of the European political experience.

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Key words: democratic theory, liberalism, freedom and equality, Thomas Hobbes, Aristotle

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