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Democracy: Democracy is a system of government in which the people have the power to choose their leaders and make decisions about how they are governed. It is based on the principles of equality, freedom, and participation._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Jürgen Habermas on Democracy - Dictionary of Arguments
IV 507 Democracy/Capitalism/Habermas: there is an indissoluble tension between capitalism and democracy; two opposing principles of social integration compete with each other for priority. If one trusts the self-image expressed in democratic constitutional principles, modern societies assert the primacy of the world over the subsystems separated from their institutional orders. The normative sense of democracy can be summed up in social theory in the formula that the fulfilment of the functional necessities of systemically integrated areas of action should find their limit in the integrity of the lifeworld (...). On the other hand, the capitalist momentum of the economic system can only be maintained to the extent that the accumulation process is uncoupled from practical value orientations. The driving mechanism of the economic system must be kept as free as possible from life-world restrictions (...). See Capitalism/Habermas, >Deliberative Democracy/Habermas._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Ha I J. Habermas Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne Frankfurt 1988 Ha III Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. I Frankfurt/M. 1981 Ha IV Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. II Frankfurt/M. 1981 |