%0 Journal Article
%T Sur la l¨¦gitimit¨¦ th¨¦ologique de la d¨¦mocratie
%A Ioan Alexandru Tofan
%J Meta : Research in Hermeneutics, Phenomenology and Practical Philosophy
%D 2011
%I Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
%X The following study attempts to inquire on the possibility of a theological discourse on democracy. It reflects, first of all, the multiple forms of the political theology and describes one specific scenario, that of a hermeneutical relation between the two poles. The next step is to identify concrete historical forms of this relation and depicts two main possibilities: the ideological religious legitimation of the political (Schmitt) and the messianic vocation as original tension that makes possible both discourses (Agamben). Two ways of conceiving democracy are further discussed: the ¡°ideological¡± democracy and the ¡°dialectical¡± form, that assume the absolute transcendence of its subjects.
%K political theology
%K democracy
%K legitimacy
%K messianism
%K ideology
%U http://www.metajournal.org//articles_pdf/195-207-ia-tofan-meta5-tehno.pdf