POURQUOI LES PRINCIPES D’OPINION ET D’ÉLECTION SONT PROBLÉMATIQUES

Support Blast, a new independent media outlet: https://www.blast-info.fr/soutenir Since the 1970s, a whole series of experiments have been conducted to establish new institutions for making political decisions: “citizens’ assemblies,” “citizens’ juries,” “citizens’ conventions,” and so on. These unprecedented forms of political development have generally been categorized under the name of deliberative democracy. However, according to Geoffroy de Lagasnerie, these experiments embody, on the contrary, a conception of politics that breaks with almost all the founding ideas of democracy (direct or representative). They lead us to question the very foundations of modern democracy (the idea of ​​opinion, the idea of ​​citizenship, the idea of ​​universal competence, the idea of ​​collective consent, etc.) and all the institutions on which it rests (the idea of ​​voting, the idea of ​​self-government, of parliament, or of political parties). These experiments function as counter-models to democratic culture. And they open us up to the possibility of conceiving a new political organization. Third episode in the series “Why We Must Criticize Democracy” by Geoffroy de Lagasnerie, on the occasion of the publication of his book “The Dark Soul of Democracy: A Manifesto for Another Political Ideal” by Flammarion. Author: Geoffroy de Lagasnerie Director: Mathias Enthoven Editor: Mélanie Ciais Sound: Baptiste Veilhan Graphic Design: Morgane Sabouret Producer: Hicham Tragha Head of External Collaboration Development: Mathias Enthoven Co-Editor-in-Chief: Soumaya Benaïssa Publisher: Denis Robert Website: https://www.blast-info.fr/ Facebook:   / blastofficiel   Twitter:   / blast_france   Instagram:   / blastofficiel   Mastodon: https://mamot.fr/web/@blast_info Peertube: https://video.blast-info.fr/ Twitch:   / blastinfo   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/blast-info.fr #Lagasnerie #politics #citizens