Dans un article pour le blog Raison d’État (CEPSI), le doctorant Arthur Stein s’interroge sur l’optimisme dans l’étude de la démocratie. Il revient sur les conférences de Steven Pinker et d’Adam Przeworski, organisées par le CÉRIUM dans le cadre du cycle de conférences « Sauver la démocratie », et met en lumière les points forts et les points faibles de deux visions divergentes.

EXTRAIT : A famous quote attributed to the founder of the Italian Communist Party Antonio Gramsci, “Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will”, is nowadays challenged by the emergence of an intellectual opposition between optimistic scholars with no concrete desire for change, and pessimistic researchers who think that rapid and necessary solutions need to be found to fix democracy. If Steven Pinker is undeniably part of the first group, it is only because of his partial vision of the contemporary reality. The following article argues in favour of a more balanced view of the current situation of democracy, as presented by Przeworski.

À lire ici : https://www.raisondetat.com/single-post/2019/10/08/Saving-democracy