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| Titel: |
Habermas vs. Weber on democracy |
| Auteur: |
Salam, Reihan |
| Verschenen in: |
Critical review |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 15 (2003) nr. 1-2 pagina's 59-85 |
| Jaar: |
2003 |
| Inhoud: |
Habermas endorses democracy as a way to rescue modern life from the economic and bureaucratic compulsion that Weber saw as an inescapable condition of modernity. This rescue mission requires that Habermas subordinate democracy to people's true interests, by liberating their political deliberations from incursions of money or power that could interfere with the formation of policy preferences that clearly reflect those interests. But Habermas overlooks the opaque nature of our interests under complex modern conditions, and the difficulty of even knowing what the modern state is doing—let alone judging whether what it is doing serves our interests well. These overlooked sources of public ignorance buttress Weber's more pessimistic understanding of democracy, and like the theatrics surrounding popular sovereignty, public ignorance both enables and masks the autonomy that allows state officials and non-state opinion leaders to shape public policy undemocratically. |
| Uitgever: |
Routledge |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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