Conference paper
REPUBLICANISM AND LIBERALISM AS FOUNDATIONS OF MODERNITY
Zvonko Posavec
; HAZU, Strossmayerov trg 14, 10000 Zagreb
Abstract
Republicanism and liberalism, as foundations of Modernity, are presented in
terms of how they are interconnected and condition one another, as expressed
in the conception of Jurgen Habermas’ deliberative democracy. Firstly, both
concepts are concisely defined; republicanism stresses the principle of virtue
and community, while liberalism reveals the freedom of the individual and
of particular provinces as the basic point in the development of a free order.
Secondly, the author shows how Habermas links the two in the concept of deliberative
democracy as inseparable parts of the modern political order. After
that, the way is discussed in which Habermas uses the concept in his analysis
of the European Union, i.e. of the possibility of deliberative democracy in the
space of Europeization and globalization. The author concludes that, viewed
from the perspective of Europeization and globalization, the effective potency
of republicanism has become significantly reduced, while the potency of neoliberal
tendencies has grown, with decidedly fatal consequences.
Keywords
republicanism; liberalism; Modernity; deliberative democracy; Habermas
Hrčak ID:
97855
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Publication date:
14.2.2013.
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