Publication: Alexis de Tocqueville y Max Weber. La posibilidad de la democracia; entre el despotismo y la burocracia
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2010
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Peñalver López, Jorge
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Universidad de Murcia
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El propósito de esta intervención es realizar un análisis de la crisis de la democracia contemporánea a través de los estudios de Alexis de Tocqueville y de Max Weber. Nuestro punto de partida considera que el trabajo de ambos autores, no sólo puede ser entendido como el análisis sociológico de la naciente democracia de masas, sino que además presenta las tendencias que semejante sistema político desarrollará en el tiempo. De un lado una predisposición de los sistemas políticos modernos hacia lo que denominaremos el «despotismo individualista». De otro
lado, el reforzamiento del sistema plebiscitario a través de una creciente «burocratización» que proviene del desarrollo acelerado de los procesos de racionalización instrumental en la sociedad moderna.
In this article we are concerned with an analysis of the modern crisis of democracy. This aim should be pursued through the related works of Alexis de Tocqueville and Max Weber. The study begins with the claim that both authors, not only are concerned with the analysis of the rising mass democracy, but furthermore they outline the main tendencies of this new form of society. On the one hand, there is a proclivity of the contemporary systems to enter into what could be denominated «individualist despotism». On the other hand, the underpinning of the plebiscitary democracy runs through an increasing «bureaucratization», which remains on the intensive process of instrumental rationality.
In this article we are concerned with an analysis of the modern crisis of democracy. This aim should be pursued through the related works of Alexis de Tocqueville and Max Weber. The study begins with the claim that both authors, not only are concerned with the analysis of the rising mass democracy, but furthermore they outline the main tendencies of this new form of society. On the one hand, there is a proclivity of the contemporary systems to enter into what could be denominated «individualist despotism». On the other hand, the underpinning of the plebiscitary democracy runs through an increasing «bureaucratization», which remains on the intensive process of instrumental rationality.
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