Legitimidad democrática y laxitud conceptual
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2023-08-31
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Universidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino
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El artículo plantea la vacuidad conceptual en la cual caen premisas claves para la organización social y política. En este caso se focaliza en estudiar las ideas de democracia, representación y ley; como pilares necesarios del análisis político y propuestas de cambio sistémico. Un contexto de profunda relatividad donde el significado de las palabras es tergiversado y se acomoda según las necesidades del momento, se convierte en un factor que evidencia un gran riesgo para la estabilidad democrática y la consecución de consensos. El populismo aparece como una herramienta de construcción política que imprime relatividad y profundiza el antagonismo como estrategia de poder; al mismo tiempo, modifica el significado de lo que entendemos como democracia liberal (modelo occidental), representación y ley, necesario para la modificación estructural de la sociedad en forma íntegra y en diversos niveles. Esta investigación empleará como base la teoría de Ernesto Laclau para aclarar el riesgo que implican estas construcciones políticas, pero que siguen una lógica específica.
The article raises the conceptual vacuity in which key premises for social and political organization fall. In this case, it focuses on studying the ideas of: democracy, representation and law; as necessary pillars of political analysis and proposals for systemic change. A context of deep relativity where the meaning of words is distorted and accommodated according to the needs of the moment, a factor that shows a great risk for democratic stability and the achievement of consensus. Populism appears as a political construction tool that imprints relativity and deepens antagonism as a power strategy; At the same time, it modifies the meaning of what we understand as liberal democracy (Western model), representation and law, necessary for the structural modification of society in an integral way and at various levels. This research will use Ernesto Laclau’s theory as a basis to clarify the risk that these political constructions imply, but that follow a specific logic.
The article raises the conceptual vacuity in which key premises for social and political organization fall. In this case, it focuses on studying the ideas of: democracy, representation and law; as necessary pillars of political analysis and proposals for systemic change. A context of deep relativity where the meaning of words is distorted and accommodated according to the needs of the moment, a factor that shows a great risk for democratic stability and the achievement of consensus. Populism appears as a political construction tool that imprints relativity and deepens antagonism as a power strategy; At the same time, it modifies the meaning of what we understand as liberal democracy (Western model), representation and law, necessary for the structural modification of society in an integral way and at various levels. This research will use Ernesto Laclau’s theory as a basis to clarify the risk that these political constructions imply, but that follow a specific logic.
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Populismo, Democracia, Representación, Ley, Populism, Democracy, Representation, Law