The incoherence of the patriotic state: a critique of 'constitutional patriotism'

Breda, Vito ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4593-1699 2004. The incoherence of the patriotic state: a critique of 'constitutional patriotism'. Res Publica 10 (3) , pp. 247-265. 10.1007/s11158-004-0828-x

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Abstract

Habermas proposes a new solution to the problematic relation between republican values and democracy. He asserts that a new model of social cohesion is needed and he suggests that the sense of ‘‘community’’ in a democratic society should be founded exclusively on the acceptance and support of a system of constitutionally established rules which are the logical result of the historical evolution of constitution-making. He argues that an account of the constitutional process which led to the formation of the modern republican state should provide the criteria for a rational set of norms which will exclude nationalism from the political arena. In this article, I point out the democratic hazards and the internal incoherence of Habermas’s alternative to the national state and I argue that a theoretical substitute should consider the existence of national identities as one of the aspects of modern pluralistic society.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Law
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Publisher:	Kluwer
ISSN:	1356-4765
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2022 09:09
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/57479

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