Publication: ¿Posdemocracia?. Frente al pesimismo de la nostalgia, el optimismo de la desobediencia
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2012
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En tiempos de crisis, la compatibilidad entre el capitalismo y la democracia regresa como interrogante. La financiarización de la economía, la desregulación económica y la capacidad de presión de las grandes empresas son factores que limitan la capacidad de gestión del Estado. Igualmente, la cartelización de los partidos políticos, la saturación audiovisual, el imaginario hegemónico consumista y la asunción por parte de las clases medias del «capitalismo popular» debilitaron el compromiso de posguerra con los valores socialdemócratas. Esto lleva a una mirada nostálgica sobre la «democracia» perdida. Pero detrás de la «posdemocracia» se esconde un proceso de mayor calado: la centralidad de la «pospolítica», que neutraliza el elemento central de la democracia: el conflicto.
In times of crisis, compatibility between capitalism and democracy is again queried. The financing of the economy, economic deregulation and the capacity to excert political pressure of big business are factors that limit the States management ability. Equally, the cartelization of political parties, audiovisual saturation, the hegemonic consumer imaginary and the assumption on the part of the middle classes of «popular capitalism» debilitate the post-war compromise with social-democratic values. This leads to a nostalgic view of the lost «democracy». But behind the «post-democracy» a more fundamental process is hiding: the centrality of the «post-politics», which neutralizes the central element of democracy: conflict.
In times of crisis, compatibility between capitalism and democracy is again queried. The financing of the economy, economic deregulation and the capacity to excert political pressure of big business are factors that limit the States management ability. Equally, the cartelization of political parties, audiovisual saturation, the hegemonic consumer imaginary and the assumption on the part of the middle classes of «popular capitalism» debilitate the post-war compromise with social-democratic values. This leads to a nostalgic view of the lost «democracy». But behind the «post-democracy» a more fundamental process is hiding: the centrality of the «post-politics», which neutralizes the central element of democracy: conflict.