Democracy without Shortcuts:
Rescuing Democracy from Populism and Technocracy

Faculty Conference Room, SNU College of Social Sciences 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul

[서울대학교 정치사상워크숍] [SNU Political Theory Workshop] Democracy without Shortcuts: Rescuing Democracy from Populism and Technocracy Cristina Lafont (Northwestern University) Harold H. and Virginia Anderson Professor of Philosophy 일시: 2024년 5월 28일 화요일 오후 6:30 ~ 8:30 장소: 서울대학교 사회과학대학 (16동) 교수회의실 (312호)ᅠ The current crisis of democracy fuels the impression that democratic societies are stuck between populism and technocracy, between the rule of experts and mob rule. For all their differences, populism and technocracy are equally incompatible with democracy. Contrary to the democratic commitment to give all citizens an equal say in political decisions, populism and technocracy expect citizens to blindly [...]