Between Theory and Practice: Essays on Criticism and Crises of Democracy
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Is it possible, in the complex modern world, to have a government ‘by the people’? Does, for example, digital technology help us to bring the reality closer to the ideal? Or does it actually make the ideal unattainable?
The volume brings together conceptual historians, philosophers, political theorists and sociologists to discuss the criticisms and crises of democracy with fresh approaches to the idea of democracy, democratic theory, democratic institutions, trust and distrust, populism, and advancement of technologies in Western societies.
Eerik Lagerspetz is Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Turku, Finland.
Oili Pulkkinen is a historian, who is currently researching artificial intelligence, democracy, political subjectivity and time.
Is it possible, in the complex modern world, to have a government ‘by the people’? Does, for example, digital technology help us to bring the reality closer to the ideal? Or does it actually make the ideal unattainable?
The volume brings together conceptual historians, philosophers, political theorists and sociologists to discuss the criticisms and crises of democracy with fresh approaches to the idea of democracy, democratic theory, democratic institutions, trust and distrust, populism, and advancement of technologies in Western societies.
Explores how the concept of democracy is being impacted by technological developments Proposes that democracy requires trust as well as distrust to function properly Brings together historians, philosophers, political theorists and sociologists to discuss the criticisms of democracy
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Eerik Lagerspetz
Themen in »Between Theory and Practice: Essays on Criticism and Crises of Democracy«
democracy democratic theory democratic institutions populism trust and distrust technology crisis of democracy artificial intelligence authoritarianism deliberative democracy illiberal democracy political institutions