The radicalization of democracy under the Habermasian perspective of civil disobedience

Authors

  • João Francisco de Siqueira Rodrigues UFRGS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52521/occursus.v9i1.13278

Keywords:

Democracy. Civil disobedience. Discourse principle. Public sphere. Non-violence.

Abstract

Civil disobedience is a political phenomenon with a large practical and theoretical tradition. Among the authors who paid attention to this issue, Habermas sustains a fair place for this kind of non-violent insurrection within the democratic constitutional state. In our view, the originality of the Habermasian approach to civil disobedience is due to his theory of discourse. With this approach in mind, civil disobedience shows off as a non-institutional way to radicalize democracy, as well as a source through which is possible to update constitutional principles and to renew society’s moral and political perspectives.

Author Biography

João Francisco de Siqueira Rodrigues, UFRGS

Licenciado em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2005). Mestre pelo programa de pós-graduação em filosofia da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos). Doutorando pelo programa de pós-graduação em filosofia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), no qual desenvolve tese acerca da desobediência civil sob uma perspectiva habermasiana. Atualmente, é professor de filosofia da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre.

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Occursus - Revista de Filosofia - V9N1 - Jan./Jun. 2024

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2024-09-06

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de Siqueira Rodrigues, J. F. (2024). The radicalization of democracy under the Habermasian perspective of civil disobedience. Occursus - Revista De Filosofia, 9(1), 93–105. https://doi.org/10.52521/occursus.v9i1.13278

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