Democratic Legitimacy and Acts of Dissent

The aim of this paper is to study the role that dissent may have in public political deliberation in democratic societies. Out of argumentative settings, dissent would seem to have a disruptive effect. In my view, dissension effectively puts into question the political authority’s hypothetical legit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Corredor Lanas, María Cristina
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repositorio:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/30784
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/30784
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:11 Lógica
72 Filosofía
acts of dissent
deliberation
democratic legitimacy
social contract theories
speech actions
illocutionary force
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Sumario:The aim of this paper is to study the role that dissent may have in public political deliberation in democratic societies. Out of argumentative settings, dissent would seem to have a disruptive effect. In my view, dissension effectively puts into question the political authority’s hypothetical legitimacy. To the extent that this is so, acts of dissent have illocutionary force and give rise to certain changes in the dialectical duties and rights of the participants.