A Morbid Democracy (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
154
Utgivningsdatum
2014-12-16
Upplaga
New ed
Förlag
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Medarbetare
Centro interdipartimentale di ricera (series ed.)
Dimensioner
216 x 147 x 10 mm
Vikt
204 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISSN
2034-9610
ISBN
9782875742339

A Morbid Democracy

Old and New Populisms

av Monica Simeoni
Häftad,  Engelska, 2014-12-16
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The crisis of democracy in Europe and the inability of the political parties and lites to adequately meet the challenges of globalisation exposes the increasingly fragmented middle classes to the temptations of Euroscepticism, and, in some cases, xenophobia. This appears to be a portrait of contemporary reality, but the current crisis has deep roots. The Spanish thinker Jos Ortega y Gasset described the pathologies of the mass man and of the nascent democratic system as far back as the beginning of the twentieth century, in a significant text entitled Una democracia morbosa, which appears to foreshadow the present state of affairs. The crisis of the average man, the degradation and devaluation of culture appear to be the distinctive traits of the new, post-ideological democracy of our times, known as audience democracy. The political parties, faced with this profound crisis, in some cases seek dangerous shortcuts through demagogic and rhetorical use of the term people, while the charismatic figure of the leader gains in prestige as a reference model. Resentment, caused by lack of representation of the just demands of the citizens, can turn to anger and destabilise the institutions of democracy. There is therefore an urgent need for an inclusive Europe with a renewed welfare system, based around the citizenry and not the masses.
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Monica Simeoni is Assistant Professor of Sociology, at the Sannio University (Benevento, Italy) and Assistant Professor of Sociology of Religion at the Ecclesia Mater Higher Institute of Religious Sciences, Pontifical Lateran University (Vatican City, Rome). Her most recent publications include Una democrazia morbosa. Vecchi e nuovi populismi, 2013; Big Society. Contenuti e critiche, co-authored with Franco Vespasiano, 2013; Europa/Europe, Conversations with Alberto Martinelli, Nadia Urbinati, Vittorio Cotesta, 2014.

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Contents: Ortega y Gassets Mass-man The Hetero-direction of Crowds Democracy: Evolution or Involution? Populism: From the Origins to Post-modern Times.

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