Historicising the Question of Democracy’s Presentism: The Concept of Interest and Political Languages of the Future in France, 1830–1850

A long-standing allegation holds that democracy is inherently biased in favour of the present to the detriment of the future. In this article, I question this premise by looking at temporality as a contested aspect of democratic practices of legitimisation. I approach democracy as a fundamentally hi...

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Main Author: Julia Nordblad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Helsinki University Press 2018-05-01
Series:Redescriptions
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Online Access:https://journal-redescriptions.org/articles/14