Abstract
Através da comparação das ideias de três grandes teóricos da política no conturbado contexto da República de Weimar, esta dissertação pretende reconsiderar a crise da legitimidade política na modernidade tardia. Tal crise é concebida tanto em sentido estrito, enquanto crise das democracias liberais perante os efeitos de rápidas mudanças sociais e a emergência da política de massas, como em sentido lato, ou seja, enquanto crise dos alicerces político-intelectuais da era moderna. Nessa medida, veremos como os juízos de Weber, Kelsen e Schmitt não se limitam a veicular veredictos contrastantes sobre a democracia de massas, o parlamentarismo e os partidos políticos, remetendo também para narrativas distintas sobre o destino do homem moderno – narrativas que oscilam entre o optimismo moderado, a ambivalência e a reacção hostil.
By comparing the ideas of three major political thinkers in the turbulent context of the Weimar Republic, this dissertation aims to reconsider the late modern crisis of political legitimacy. It conceives such a crisis in both a strict sense, as a crisis of liberal democratic regimes struggling with the effects of rapid social change and the rise of mass politics, and a broad one, i. e., as a crisis of the political and intellectual foundations of the modern age. Weber’s, Kelsen’s and Schmitt’s views of these two critical dimensions will, thus, not only display divergent verdicts on mass democracy, parliamentarism and party pluralism, but also contain alternative narratives of the destiny of mankind in modernity, ranging from moderate optimism to ambivalence and to bitter reaction.
By comparing the ideas of three major political thinkers in the turbulent context of the Weimar Republic, this dissertation aims to reconsider the late modern crisis of political legitimacy. It conceives such a crisis in both a strict sense, as a crisis of liberal democratic regimes struggling with the effects of rapid social change and the rise of mass politics, and a broad one, i. e., as a crisis of the political and intellectual foundations of the modern age. Weber’s, Kelsen’s and Schmitt’s views of these two critical dimensions will, thus, not only display divergent verdicts on mass democracy, parliamentarism and party pluralism, but also contain alternative narratives of the destiny of mankind in modernity, ranging from moderate optimism to ambivalence and to bitter reaction.
Original language | English |
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Qualification | Doctor of Philosophy |
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Award date | 1 Feb 2016 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2016 |
Keywords
- Legitimidade
- Democracia
- Crise
- Legitimacy
- Democracy
- Crisis