| Disputed term/author/ism | Author |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary System | Rousseau | Höffe I 278 Parliamentarism/Rousseau/Höffe: According to Rousseau, popular sovereignty may only be exercised directly, never representatively. Political representation/associations/representations/bodies/political parties: With the argument that the sovereignty based on civil liberty is essentially unjustifiable, Rousseau rejects parties as well as professional bodies such as workers' and employers' associations, even parliaments in principle. (RousseauVsPolitical Parties). Republic: fixated on the model of the ancient polis, also of his hometown Geneva, he even declares that as soon as the citizens elect deputies, they abolish the only legitimate community, the republic. >State/Rousseau, >Social Contract/Rousseau. |
Rousseau I J. J. Rousseau Les Confessions, 1765-1770, publ. 1782-1789 German Edition: The Confessions 1953 Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |