The Legitimacy of Modern Democracy: A Study on the Political Thought of Max Weber, Carl Schmitt and Hans Kelsen

ISBN-13: 9780367644536 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 220 str.

Pedro T. Magalhães

Opis

Through a re-examination of the political thought of Max Weber, Carl Schmitt and Hans Kelsen, this book offers a reflection on the nature of modern democracy and the question of its legitimacy.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Max Weber’s Diagnosis of Modernity and the Ambivalence of Modern Democracy  2. The Neo-Authoritarian Populism of Carl Schmitt  3. Science, Relativism and Pluralism: Hans Kelsen’s Conception of Modern Democracy   Elitism, Populism and Pluralism: A Conclusion

O autorze

Pedro T. Magalhães has a PhD in Political Science awarded by NOVA University Lisbon, where he taught as a Guest Assistant Professor until 2018. He is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Academy of Finland funded Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity and the European Narratives (Eurostorie), hosted by the Centre for European Studies at the University of Helsinki. His main research interests are in the fields of democratic theory, modern political ideologies and twentieth-century intellectual history.