Freedom of Expression in Representative Government: Isegoria as an Aporia of the Rule of Law
The object is to examine the freedom paradox of expression in the Rule of Law considering the notion of isegoria (the right to publicly express arguments). For that, the concepts of freedom of speech, Representative Government and parrhesia will be developed. The theoretical frameworks are Foucault’...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade de Brasília (UnB) |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Filosofia Moderna e Contemporânea |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/48971 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/fmc/article/view/48971 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Liberdade de expressão. Parresía. Isegoria. Governo Representativo. Freedom of expression. Parrhesia. Isegoria. Representative Government. |
| Sumario: | The object is to examine the freedom paradox of expression in the Rule of Law considering the notion of isegoria (the right to publicly express arguments). For that, the concepts of freedom of speech, Representative Government and parrhesia will be developed. The theoretical frameworks are Foucault’s notion of parrhesia (The Courage of Truth) and Manin (The principles of representative government). The right of expression is the foundation of both ancient and modern democracy. However, when institutions reject that right, democracy enters a crisis. That happened in Athenian polis with the Socrates’ condemnation. The challenge is to distinguish, in the 21st century, the democratic transgressive discourse from an irrational speech echoed by the non-dialectical dynamics of digital/algorithmic reality. The way that State responds to that challenge could end or strengthen democracy and its foundations. |
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