Abstract

GALLARDO, Javier. Dialogue in the Republic. Polis [online]. 2005, vol.1, n.1, pp.57-89. ISSN 2594-0686.

This paper addresses the issue of deliberative democracy under the perspective of the republican political tradition. After doing a brief presentation of the adversarial / competitive model of democracy and by pointing out some of their most critical aspects, the text discusses the propositions which defend a deliberative politics, by asking in particular, those postures prone to associate public deliberation with consent or with rational agreement. As being an option to both competitive democracy and the consenting versions of deliberative politics. We present a variant of republican argumentation that intends to honour to the conflict and political cooperation, to the peculiarities of political life and to the values of democratic dissent. It implies a position ‒more political than a philosophical one‒ in favour of a republican debate strengthening the powers of politics, founded upon rules of public justification and of dialogue reciprocity, open up to any theme and to the most diverse democratic voices.

Keywords : Republican thought; political dialogue; deliberative democracy.

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