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Las antinomias de la democracia liberal

Por

Carlos Kohn W.  
Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV).

ABSTRACT: I criticize the liberal foundations of democracy on two counts: (1) the impossible defense of a "neutral" model of the state; and (2) the individualist foundation of its moral and political philosophy. I suggest as well that political liberalism reduces the emancipatory chances of the democratic project by pursuing the goal of Hobbes. Leviathan-that is, by seeking to establish a well-ordered society that endorses an overlapping consensus favoring the ruling classes. The guiding dictum of the "demoliberal" theory seems to be-to paraphrase Adam Smith and Hegel-the invisible hand which regulates the market is the cunning reason of democracy, or, the key of its governability. Are we approaching the end of history as longed for by Fukuyama? I will analyze the premises which sustain his thesis.
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  DATOS AUTOR 
Perfil/Área trabajo
 Profesor Filosofía UCV.
Ciudad de residencia
 Caracas.
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 WWW: Paideia Project on line (20º Congreso Mundial de Filosofía celebrado en Boston)
RELACIONADO
 John Rawls, una teoría de la Justicia

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