Artículos de revistas
Democracy versus Republic: Inclusion and Desire in Social Struggles
Fecha
2008Registro en:
DIOGENES, v.55, n.4, p.45-+, 2008
0392-1921
10.1177/0392192108096829
Autor
RIBEIRO, Renato Janine
Institución
Resumen
This paper argues that the idea of inclusion is linked to the democratic tradition rather than to the republican one. By analyzing the origins and meaning of these two concepts, the author holds that democracy is rather linked to desire and republic to will (and to the expression of desire), and concludes that, since North Atlantic political tradition has not given a key role to desire, democracy, in order to overcome the difficulties it has been encountering in all parts of the world, should take more account of desire and of the social struggles it brings to the fore.