A Theory of Complex Democracy: Governing in the Twenty-First Century (Political Theory and Contemporary Philosophy)

Do our political systems and democracies really reflect the complex reality of the 21st century? Or does politics seem to be legislating about yesterday’s world?In his latest book, Daniel Innerarity warns of the gap between the political concepts that serve as our guide and our overly complex reality that has long ceased to respond to them.Arguing that this theoretical deficit leads to a political practice that simplifies and impoverishes our democracies, nourishing the demagogues and sustaining reassuring old narratives, Innerarity proposes a modern update of key political concepts, from power and sovereignty to territory and representation.The theory of democracy originates from a time of relative social and political simplicity.There was less pluralism, less interdependence, political entities were autarkic, and the technological tools they had to handle had nothing to do with the sophistication of our artificial intelligence, our financial system, or the technological advances in m