36. The Theory of Democracy Revisited

Part 2 The classical issues: what is democracy? definition, proof, and preference - are definitions arbitrary?, a criticism of conventionalism, words as experience carriers, the search for proof, a comparative evaluation Greek democracy and modern democracy - homonymy, not homology, direct or polis democracy, individualism and freedom, old and new, the modern idea and ideal, a reversal of perspective liberty and law - freedom and freedoms, political freedom, liberal freedom, the supremacy of law in Rousseau, autonomy - a criticism, the principle of diminishing consequences, from the rule of law to the rule of legislators equality - a protest ideal, justice and sameness, predemocratic and democratic equalities,…