Religious parties and the problem of democratic political legitimacy

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作者
McGraw, Bryan T. [1 ]
机构
[1] Wheaton Coll, Dept Polit & Int Relat, Polit & Int Relat, Wheaton, IL 60187 USA
关键词
Jurgen Habermas; public reason; religion; Christianity; political liberalism; democracy; political parties; Europe; legitimacy;
D O I
10.1080/13698230.2014.886383
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
Thinkers committed to an ideal of public reason are suspicious of religiously informed political activity as it undermines democratic political legitimacy. This paper considers Jurgen Habermas's recent shifts on this question in light of the history of Europe's religious parties in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These parties made a real and lasting contribution to Europe's democratization and their history suggests ways in which Habermas and other defenders of public reason misunderstand the nature of democratic political legitimacy.
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页码:289 / 313
页数:25
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