Puzzled Democracy

Davide Cadeddu
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Davide Cadeddu: University of Milan

Chapter Chapter 6 in Reimagining Democracy, 2012, pp 45-52 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The ‘Olivettian concept of the “masses” and “individuals” […] is influenced by a pessimistic tradition in democracy which might be dated back to Burke’s critique of the French revolution and was very likely connected (though not explicitly) to the positivist and anti-parliamentarian movement in France and Italy, from Le Bon to Pareto, well known to the young Olivetti’: one might agree with this observation, but it is worth clarifying to what extent this influence is present in the Weltanschauung of the entrepreneur from Ivrea.

Keywords: Political Elite; French Revolution; Political Thought; Political Class; Parliamentary Democracy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3259-3_6

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