Democracy

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani traces democracy back to the "Greek miracle", which he describes as an embryo of democracy: power goes to whoever has spoken best, not to the arbitrary will of a sovereign1. He links this origin to scientific rationality. Measurement is democratic, since people can agree on the length of a table2. Euclid's axioms are "requests": in them, mutual agreement and non-contradiction form a social contract immanent to mathematics3. He contrasts this requirement with Arendt, who rejects egalitarian democracy and calls for a political and spiritual aristocracy4. He also distinguishes formal democracy from real democracy. When a government rules only through Article 49-3, legitimacy passes to the street, in the spirit of the Social Contract5. Voters paid one or two euros show what a formal right is worth. Finally, the "societal" democracy that is claimed to be brought to Africa repeats, in other words, gunboat politics6.

1. 1Adamov (Arthur)18 Feb 2016 · 28:35
2. 2Adamov (Arthur)18 Feb 2016 · 1:35:40
3. 3#2.6 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?1 Aug 2017 · 7:28
4. 4Arendt et Heidegger : la destruction de la pensée24 Sept 2020 · 13:55
5. 5Guerre, néo-fascisme : le libéralisme-libertaire3 Mar 2023 · 21:22
6. 6SPÉCIAL NIGER : Faut-il "noircir les cadavres" ?7 Aug 2023 · 51:55

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