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Società civile e democrazia radicale

  • Lorenzo Cini,

This work asks questions on the relationship between innovative collective actors, such as the 'new social movements' and the political institutions of representative democracy starting from an underlying hypothesis: the idea that civil society is the main source of political legitimation of liberal democracy. More precisely, what this monograph reflects on is the capacity of the social movements to concretely test alternative forms of democracy. The aim of the contemporary movements is to augment the fundamental values of the "democratic revolution", namely the principles of freedom and equality. They constantly lead to conflict and social antagonism: indeed new conflicts and new antagonisms arise every time that the movements implement radical experiences of democracy in the multiple and different spheres of social life. Only by accepting and setting value by these alternative democratic practices and experiences – and this is the author of this work's thesis – may democratic ideals be revived in contemporary society.

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Lorenzo Cini

European University Institute, Italy

Lorenzo Cini, researcher in sociology at the European University Institute, works on contemporary university movements and the anti-austerity movements in this time of economic crisis. His interests also extend to radical democratic theory and contemporary critical thought. His most recent publication (with Brunella Casalini) is the book of political philosophy Giustizia, uguaglianza e differenza. Una guida alla lettura della filosofia politica contemporanea (Firenze University Press, Florence 2012).
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Book Title

Società civile e democrazia radicale

Authors

Lorenzo Cini

Peer Reviewed

Number of Pages

272

Publication Year

2012

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© 2012 Author(s)

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CC BY-ND 3.0 IT

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Firenze University Press

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10.36253/978-88-6655-182-9

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978-88-6655-201-7

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978-88-6655-183-6

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978-88-9273-605-4

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Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca

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2704-6249

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2704-5870

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