La democracia intrascendente / Inconsequential Democracy
Non-fiction , 2019
Galaxia Gutenberg
Pages: 304
Inconsequential Democracy doesn't mean democracy without value, but rather democracy that doesn't seek refuge in transcendent truths established by philosophy, theology, or experimental science. Ultimately, it's democracy that aligns with a tradition of thought that refuses to resort to any non-human authority to justify conduct or claim a verdict. The arguments of this other tradition have nothing to do with the irrationalism or relativism it has been accused of, and are analysed in Inconsequential Democracy from a perspective that traverses its various manifestations throughout history, bringing together theologians like Nicholas of Cusa, philosophers like Dewey, and scientists like Heisenberg, all engaged in the effort to refute any determinism.
It is inconsequential because it rejects a kind of truth that ends up subjugating the individual and, in the eschatological struggle to prevail and establish an order, forces one to disregard both the harm inflicted and the sacrifice demanded.