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Democracy Naturalized: In Search of the Individual in the Post-truth Condition

Democracy Naturalized: In Search of the Individual in the Post-truth Condition AbstractThis article takes a ‘naturalistic’ look at the historically changing nature of the individual and its implications for the terms on which democracy might be realized, starting from classical Athens, moving through early debates in evolutionary theory, to contemporary moral and political thought. Generally speaking, liberal democracy sees individuality as the mark of an evolutionarily mature species, whereas socialist democracy sees it as the mark of an evolutionary immature species. Overall, the individual has been ‘de-naturalized’ over time, resulting in the indeterminate figure who thrives in the post-truth condition. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Analyse & Kritik de Gruyter

Democracy Naturalized: In Search of the Individual in the Post-truth Condition

Analyse & Kritik , Volume 43 (2): 16 – Nov 25, 2021

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Publisher
de Gruyter
Copyright
© 2021 Steve Fuller, published by De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston
ISSN
0171-5860
DOI
10.1515/auk-2021-0018
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Abstract

AbstractThis article takes a ‘naturalistic’ look at the historically changing nature of the individual and its implications for the terms on which democracy might be realized, starting from classical Athens, moving through early debates in evolutionary theory, to contemporary moral and political thought. Generally speaking, liberal democracy sees individuality as the mark of an evolutionarily mature species, whereas socialist democracy sees it as the mark of an evolutionary immature species. Overall, the individual has been ‘de-naturalized’ over time, resulting in the indeterminate figure who thrives in the post-truth condition.

Journal

Analyse & Kritikde Gruyter

Published: Nov 25, 2021

Keywords: Bentham; democracy; Epicurean; individual; Kant; Mill; post-truth; Rawls; Stoic

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