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 |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | 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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