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de Beistegui, Miguel (2008) The erosion of democracy (George W. Bush). Research in Phenomenology, Vol.38 (No.2). pp. 157-173. doi:10.1163/156916408X286941 ISSN 0085-5553.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156916408X286941
Abstract
This paper analyzes the reasons behind what it calls the erosion of democracy under George W. Bush's presidency since September 11, 2001, and claims that they are twofold: first, the erosion in question can be attributed to a crisis of the state and the belief that security is its only genuine function. In other words, the erosion of democracy is an erosion of the very idea of the public sphere (which, following Hegel, I call "ethical life") beyond security and war. Secondly, the erosion of the ethical sphere goes hand in hand with an extraordinary resurgence of what, still following Hegel, I call "morality," and which privileges the subjective over the objective, or moral (and even religious) feeling over institutions and the law.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Political rights -- United States, Democracy -- United States, Liberty, Common good, Ethics, Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-, United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009 | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Research in Phenomenology | ||||
Publisher: | Brill | ||||
ISSN: | 0085-5553 | ||||
Official Date: | 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.38 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 17 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 157-173 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1163/156916408X286941 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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