Bonapartist Democracy, Self-Government, and Burnham
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There are two persistent narratives about the source of the recurring collapses of liberal democracies. The first narrative, popular on the left (and which I associate with Karl Polanyi), argues that markets are inherently fragile and that proper functioning markets are very disruptive of traditional forms of life and destroy previously existing organic culture. These facts generate reactions that have the (conflicting) aims to shore up and protect the market and protect society to slow down the rate of social change. In some cases these reactions work in the same direction by
Bonapartist Democracy, Self-Government, and Burnham
Bonapartist Democracy, Self-Government, and…
Bonapartist Democracy, Self-Government, and Burnham
There are two persistent narratives about the source of the recurring collapses of liberal democracies. The first narrative, popular on the left (and which I associate with Karl Polanyi), argues that markets are inherently fragile and that proper functioning markets are very disruptive of traditional forms of life and destroy previously existing organic culture. These facts generate reactions that have the (conflicting) aims to shore up and protect the market and protect society to slow down the rate of social change. In some cases these reactions work in the same direction by