The crisis of democracy and the “look downwards”

Current diagnoses of a crisis of democracy in the Global North go hand in hand with a disparaging “look downwards.” Already in the nineteenth century, liberal thinkers formulated institutional precautions against the “rabble.” What is striking about the current devaluation discourse is that the retu...

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Published in:	Pensar Vol. 28; no. 2; p. 9
Main Authors:	Eberl, Oliver, Jörke, Dirk, Salomon, David
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade de Fortaleza 01-06-2023
Subjects:	democracy history of ideas liberalism look down rabble social democracy
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Summary:	Current diagnoses of a crisis of democracy in the Global North go hand in hand with a disparaging “look downwards.” Already in the nineteenth century, liberal thinkers formulated institutional precautions against the “rabble.” What is striking about the current devaluation discourse is that the return of this “look downwards” is not limited to libertarian or liberal-conservative concepts but is also present in progressive approaches. We demonstrate this for the German and Anglo-American discussion.
ISSN:	1519-8464 2317-2150
DOI:	10.5020/2317-2150.2023.14146