Abstract
Our democracies presently face a set of unique challenges. In this article we argue that the current crisis needs to be understood as resulting from the convergence of two historical transformations: the paradigm of boundlessness; and what we term "endividualismo", a novel mutation of individualism in the context of the financial age. The result is a novel political reality where individual rights are everexpanding and the opportunities for collective action have shrunk to the point of impossibility. The resulting powerlessness of the polity demands new answers: we need to reconfigure the relationship between citizens and political power.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 82-96 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Human Affairs |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2017 |
Keywords
- Debt
- Democracy
- Political philosophy