# Democracy and the Limits of Community - Portail Universitaire du droit

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> Description : democracy and the limits of community, présentation de l’éditeur at a historical moment when democracy experiences a legitimation crisis, demands for ...

## Parution

- **ISBN** : 978-1-009-65212-4
- **Éditeur** : Cambridge University Press

## Résumé

Présentation de l’éditeur
At a historical moment when democracy experiences a legitimation crisis, demands for 'community' and for a 'democracy of the common' have become central themes in political theory and philosophy on both sides of the Atlantic. Such appeals entail a critique, even a rejection, of liberal constitutional democracy as alienating and inauthentic, as not representing the interests of citizens. This book fundamentally questions the democratic potential of appeals to 'community' and 'the common.' The language of 'community' can be observed especially among conservative and neofascist public intellectuals of the New Right, but it also features surprisingly prominently among post-Marxist philosophers and political theorists of the New Left. Tracing 'community' and 'the common' in contemporary political thought and philosophy, this book argues that they represent a dangerous political romanticism and authoritarian drift incompatible with the normative demands and the emancipatory dimension of liberal constitutional democracy.
Sommaire
Introduction
Chapter 1 - The Urgency of Community?Neoliberalism and the Legitimation Crisis of Democracy
Chapter 2 - The Dangerous Return of CommunityCommunitarian Philosophy, Authoritarian Drift, and Neofascism
Chapter 3 - The Depoliticized CommunityThe Normative Emptiness of Post-Marxist Philosophy
Chapter 4 - The Political Romanticism of the CommonInsurgent Democracy and Revolutionary Nostalgia
Chapter 5 - States of ExceptionFrom Constituent Power to Dictatorship


## Métadonnées

- **Catégorie** : Parutions
- **Publié** : 2026-08-05

## Tags

Citoyenneté, crise, Démocratie, Droit constitutionnel, Droit public, Histoire des idées politiques, libéralisme, Science politique, Sciences politiques

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