Stephan Lessenich
Grenzen der Demokratie. Teilhabe als Verteilungsproblem
[The Limits of Democracy. Participation as a Problem of Distribution]
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In theory, ‘democracy’ is a the high-value buzzword of western modernity as such, while in practice it is also a system of social and economic demarcation. The slogan of the privileged members of society is all too often the familiar line of ‘the boat is full!’. Against this backdrop, Stephan Lessenich, in his volume The Limits of Democracy. Participation as a Problem of Distribution, calls for a radical expansion of civil and electoral rights, for a reinvention of democracy in the name of solidarity. Lessenich’s remarkable book represents both a social-scientific survey and a left-wing polemic pursuing no less than the salvation of democracy.
For this book a translation grant is available for translations into Greek.
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