Publication Date:
2023
Short description:
Lumières / Magrin, Gabriele. - In: LUMIÈRES. - ISSN 1762-4630. - 2:(2023), pp. 89-107. [10.3917/lumi.042.0089]
abstract:
Condorcet’s Democratic Theory
is a result of the Lumières and is steeped in
historicity. It takes shape during the reflections
on the American Constitution, develops in the
wake of the French Revolution, and finds full
expression in the “Girondin” Draft Republican
Constitution. Its main historical significance is
that it places itself in a critical relationship with
the revolutionary political culture, of which it
is part, through a constitutional dialectic that
has three main dimensions : between democracy
and rights, between past and present, and
between citizens and representatives. Its main
theoretical legacy is a fully democratic strategy
against the despotic outcomes of democracy
is a result of the Lumières and is steeped in
historicity. It takes shape during the reflections
on the American Constitution, develops in the
wake of the French Revolution, and finds full
expression in the “Girondin” Draft Republican
Constitution. Its main historical significance is
that it places itself in a critical relationship with
the revolutionary political culture, of which it
is part, through a constitutional dialectic that
has three main dimensions : between democracy
and rights, between past and present, and
between citizens and representatives. Its main
theoretical legacy is a fully democratic strategy
against the despotic outcomes of democracy
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Condorcet, French Revolution,
democratic theory, human rights, representation,
constitutionalism, despotism
List of contributors:
Magrin, Gabriele
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