Dois diagnósticos sobre a democracia

Resumo

O atual debate acadêmico sobre a democracia tem mobilizado teóricos políticos e sociais a reconsiderações sobre a estabilidade democrática à luz das transformações socioculturais e econômicas do mundo contemporâneo. O artigo avalia as recentes intervenções de Adam Przeworski (originalmente publicada em 2019) e de Charles Taylor (publicada em 2020) como dois esforços que abrem perspectivas teóricas para o entendimento dos impasses das democracias liberais a partir de considerações sobre a crise de confiança e a representação política.

Abstract: The current academic debate on democracy has been mobilizing the contribution of many political theorists and appraisals on the long-term stability of democracy in light of the sociocultural and economic transformations of contemporary society. This article considers the recent books of Charles Taylor (which appeared in 2019) and Adam Przeworski (published in 2020) as two intellectual efforts that open up theoretical perspectives to discuss the impasses of liberal democracies intertwined with the crisis of political trust and political representation.

Keywords: Democracy. Social theory. Political conflict. Globalization.