From the Consensus of the Heart to the Consensus of Argument: The Concept of Democracy in the Works of Rousseau and Habermas

Dosso, Faloukou

From the Consensus of the Heart to the Consensus of Argument: The Concept of Democracy in the Works of Rousseau and Habermas - 2012.


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The thinking of Rousseau and Habermas, as social theorists, confirms the understanding of democracy as a revolutionary political system, by considering it as the rational form of consensual management of public affairs in a human society. In putting forward their concept of democracy, these thinkers advocate particular forms of consensus. For Rousseau, democracy promotes a consensus of the heart by allowing citizens to be citizen-magistrates in the process of democratization of society. Habermas, however, advocates a consensus of argument in a democracy. Participation in deliberations, when based on informal logic or argumentation theory, is certainly what gives radical democracy its credibility.

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