Identitarian Democracy Theory

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The identity theory of democracy is a theory of the state that starts from the possibility of a complete identity between rulers and ruled and strives for this. It is controversial in political science and largely classified as also democratic.

The father of the identity theory of democracy is Jean-Jacques Rousseau . However, he said that true democracy was only for gods; for humans, however, it is inaccessible. The finding and formation of the volonté générale , the common will of all, is decisive for the implementation .

The direct democracy , as in rural communities of Switzerland and the citizens' assemblies of the New England States is practiced in the US, the identity-democracy comes closest, but is limited to local affairs.

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  1. ↑ Steffen Kailitz: Political Extremism in the Federal Republic of Germany: An Introduction. VS-Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2004, p. 18 ff.
  2. ^ Rainer Olaf Schultze: Identitarian Democracy. In: Dieter Nohlen, Rainer Olaf Schultze (Hrsg.): Lexicon of political science. Volume 1 A – M, CH Beck Verlag, Munich 2005, p. 359.
  3. ↑ Alexander Schwan: Political Theories of Rationalism and the Enlightenment. In: Hans Joachim Lieber (ed.): Political theories from antiquity to the present. Bonn 1991, p. 227.