by Pierre Rosanvallon · Points · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782757807934
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«La contre-démocratie» is the political theory essay by Pierre Rosanvallon, published by Points in 2008 in paperback (344 pages, in French).
The essay contrasts the democratic ideal with the erosion of trust in representatives. For Rosanvallon, lower electoral turnout does not imply passivity: demonstrations, online mobilizations and other forms of control express a distrust that structures democracy, through practices of surveillance, prevention and judgment by citizens over power.
This French edition belongs to the Points Essais collection (no. 598); the work was originally published in 2006.
For readers of political theory, philosophy and social sciences interested in the challenges of contemporary democracies.
Pierre Rosanvallon is a French left historian and sociologist. He was named a professor at the Collège de France in 2001, holding the chair in modern and contemporary political history.
