Author: Daniel Innerarity.
Casa Mediterráneo in Alicante presents tomorrow at 6.30 p.m. the book La libertad democrática, by Daniel Innerarity, professor of Political Philosophy, in an event that will be presented by Manuel Alcaraz, professor of constitutional law at the University of Alicante.
What has happened so that freedom has become a slogan of the right and obedience seems to be a value of the left, and is there not a different conception of freedom in a democratic society behind this curious ideological shift? Taking the idea of freedom as a guiding thread, this book analyses the future of democracy and the new ideological landscapes, offers some keys to understanding the behaviour of its actors, asks what dimensions of society we should democratise and how to confront the crises we are facing.
Those who, in the name of their right to do as they please, do not internalise the impact that their actions may have on others end up contributing to building a society in which many will see the possibilities of doing as they please reduced.
In caring for the commons, we are not surrendering to a neutral or alien structure, but to something from which our personal freedom is nurtured. Jon Elster, one of the foremost republican thinkers, used to gloss the figure of Ulysses allowing himself to be bound so as not to succumb to the sirens’ songs. He reminded us that often the best way to preserve one’s freedom is to bind oneself, not so much to respect the freedom of others, but to protect oneself from the follies one might commit if one calls anything freedom. The current social contract, Daniel Innerarity argues in these pages, is demanding a self-limitation of personal freedom to ensure the survival of humanity on the planet.
Pages: 224
Publisher: GALAXIA GUTENBERG
Binding: Soft cover
ISBN: 9788419392442
RPP: 19 euros
