Questioning the Political: Claude Lefort and the Symbolism of Democracy

This essay starts from the premise that the golden age of totalitarianism, in its fascist phase as well as in its Communist version, obliges us to question the political, in this case democracy. In the work of the French philosopher Claude Lefort, democracy has a meaning that cannot be reduced to wh...

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Published in:Andamios (Mexico City, Mexico) Mexico), 2006-06, Vol.2 (4), p.79-117
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