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Democratic elitism and western political thought (2009)
Die Theorie der demokratischen Elitenherrschaft und das westliche Politikverständnis
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Abstract "Many political thinkers have viewed democratic elitism as closing a democratic road they believe is or should be open-ended. Their view of democratic possibilities reflects the auspicious circumstances of Western societies during the past several centuries and especially since World War II. However... mehr
"Many political thinkers have viewed democratic elitism as closing a democratic road they believe is or should be open-ended. Their view of democratic possibilities reflects the auspicious circumstances of Western societies during the past several centuries and especially since World War II. However, it involves a conflation of liberal and democratic values. I examine why and how this has occurred, and I argue that liberal and democratic values must be more clearly separated in today's dangerous world. In step with Schumpeter, democracy must be regarded as a method or instrumental value that in some but by no means all circumstances promotes the ultimate liberal value of actively individualistic free people." (author's abstract)... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Elite; Eliteforschung; Demokratie; westliche Welt; Demokratieverständnis; Politik; Liberalismus; Wertorientierung; 20. Jahrhundert; Nachkriegsgesellschaft; Weltordnung; soziales Milieu; Freiheit; freiheitlich-demokratische Grundordnung; Individuum; Schumpeter, J.
Klassifikation
allgemeine Geschichte
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Methode
Grundlagenforschung; historisch; Theoriebildung
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2012
Seitenangabe
S. 351-366
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, 37 (2012) 1
Heftthema
Elite foundations of social theory and politics / Elitetheoretische Grundlagen sozialwissenschaftlicher Theoriebildung und politischer Analyse
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.37.2012.1.351-366
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)