Democracy’s Prospects: Looking Backward

There is no democracy without transparency. The latter has long been ignored by aristocratic forms of government and now by contemporary manipulations of the masses. What is the way out?

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Demotic Moments

Democracy is, by nature, a work in progress, and Western history has had very few occurrences when the “demos” became a politically self-conscious actor. What do these moments teach us?

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Intellectual Elites against Democracy

James Madison’s reference to the “confusion and intemperance” of the multitude used to be the rationale of a government by the elite. What is the contemporary legacy of elitism in the United States?

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The Politics of Superpower: Managed Democracy

Corporate power is no longer an external force that occasionally influences policies and legislation; it is an integral part of the government. What are the main aspects of its “management” of democracy?

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The Dynamics of the Archaic

Since the Ronald Reagan years, there is objective collusion in U.S. politics between religious archaism and market fundamentalism. How did this dynamic come to be and what makes it so powerful?

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The Dynamics of Transformation

“American superpower,” “the greatest power in history,” or, more recently, “America first” have become part of American political values. What about constitutional democracy?

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The New World of Terror

The New World of Terror: Rumsfeld, Bush, and Cheney, hand on their heart during the US national anthem.

The war on terror was supposed to sign the dawn of a new world era. What does its “New-World” mythology rest upon, and how do we, the people, come to accept fear as the principle of political power?

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