As Claude Lefort argues, the political thinker cannot avoid the task of interrogating their own time, nor evade the enigma posed by the present. This thesis engages with the contingency of our age, marked by a structural uncertainty that puts contemporary forms of democracy to the test. The work aims to investigate some of the central categories in Lefort’s thought: the reinterpretation of political conflict as a constitutive element of democracy, and the analysis of totalitarianism as both an extreme reaction to democratic instability and its phantasmatic prolongation. The goal is to understand how to preserve democracy from the threat of absolutist drifts and power centralization—dangers that are particularly pressing in today’s society, shaped by mass conformity and technological dominance. Finally, the thesis outlines a critical approach to the issue, emphasizing how the uncertainty that permeates the democratic era calls for a rediscovery of politics as freedom—one that is never merely the assertion of the self against others, but rather something that is realized in being together with others.
Il pensatore politico, come afferma Claude Lefort, non può sottrarsi al compito di interrogare il proprio tempo, né evitare l’enigma che il presente gli impone. Questa tesi si confronta con la contingenza della nostra epoca, attraversata da un’incertezza strutturale che mette alla prova le forme della democrazia contemporanea. Il lavoro si propone di indagare alcune categorie centrali del pensiero lefortiano: la rilettura della conflittualità politica come elemento costitutivo della democrazia e l’analisi del totalitarismo, inteso sia come reazione estrema all’instabilità democratica, sia come suo prolungamento fantasmatico. L’obiettivo è comprendere come preservare la democrazia dalla minaccia di derive assolutistiche e dalla concentrazione del potere, pericoli quanto mai attuali per la nostra società contrassegnata dall’omologazione di massa e dalla tecnica. La tesi delinea infine un approccio critico della questione, sottolineando come l’incertezza che attraversa l’epoca democratica richieda una riscoperta della politica come libertà ,la quale, non è mai semplice affermazione del sé contro gli altri, piuttosto, ciò che si realizza nel suo essere insieme agli altri.
Il "luogo vuoto" del potere Claude Lefort interprete dell'incertezza democratica
GAGLIARDI, FRANCESCA
2024/2025
Abstract
As Claude Lefort argues, the political thinker cannot avoid the task of interrogating their own time, nor evade the enigma posed by the present. This thesis engages with the contingency of our age, marked by a structural uncertainty that puts contemporary forms of democracy to the test. The work aims to investigate some of the central categories in Lefort’s thought: the reinterpretation of political conflict as a constitutive element of democracy, and the analysis of totalitarianism as both an extreme reaction to democratic instability and its phantasmatic prolongation. The goal is to understand how to preserve democracy from the threat of absolutist drifts and power centralization—dangers that are particularly pressing in today’s society, shaped by mass conformity and technological dominance. Finally, the thesis outlines a critical approach to the issue, emphasizing how the uncertainty that permeates the democratic era calls for a rediscovery of politics as freedom—one that is never merely the assertion of the self against others, but rather something that is realized in being together with others.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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