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Democracy versus Republic: Inclusion and Desire in Social Struggles

2008; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 55; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/0392192108096829

1467-7695

Renato Janine Ribeiro,

Political Theory and Democracy

This paper argues that the idea of inclusion is linked to the democratic tradition rather than to the republican one. By analyzing the origins and meaning of these two concepts, the author holds that democracy is rather linked to desire and republic to will (and to the expression of desire), and concludes that, since North Atlantic political tradition has not given a key role to desire, democracy, in order to overcome the difficulties it has been encountering in all parts of the world, should take more account of desire and of the social struggles it brings to the fore.