Titel
Ethics and Affect in Resistance to Democratic Regressions
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Abstract
In recent times, it has become increasingly common that elected parties and leaders systematically undermine democracy and the rule of law. This phenomenon is often framed with the term democratic backsliding or democratic regression. This article deals with the relatively little-studied topic of resistance to democratic regressions. Chief amongst the things it discusses is the rather central ethical issue of whether resisters may themselves, in their attempts to prevent a further erosion of democracy, transgress democratic norms. But the argument advanced in the article is not merely about the ethics of resistance. It begins, perhaps unconventionally, by addressing the affective dimension of resistance to democratic regressions, looking in particular at the powerful feelings of anger and despair that pro-democratic citizens living under a regressive government are likely to experience. As the article argues, these feelings have not only motivational but also epistemic potential, which must be adequately theorized in order to understand how resisters can respond to the ethical challenges facing them.
Stichwort
democratic regressionsdemocratic backslidingresistanceangerdespairethics of resistance
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:2015482
Erschienen in
Titel
Analyse & Kritik
Band
45
Ausgabe
1
ISSN
0171-5860
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Seitenanfang
85
Seitenende
109
Publication
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
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