Constituent power forges the distinction between democracy and sovereignty
Constituent power forges the distinction between democracy and sovereignty
This thesis shows that the dialectic of constituent and constituted power only ever leads to forms of sovereignty. Every negation of constituted power only ever leads to the re-emergence of sovereignty—or, what I call “the ruse of sovereignty.” Instead, it is more constructive to note the contrast between democracy and sovereignty implicit in a particular understanding of constituent power.
Keywords: Hannah Arendt, constituent and constituted power, Antonio Negri
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