@article{ART002382834},
author={Shin, Dongkyu},
title={Contradictions of Representative Democracy and Aspirations of Participatory Democracy － General Strike and Self-management in France in 1968 －},
journal={Journal of Humanities},
issn={1598-8457},
year={2018},
number={70},
pages={37-64},
doi={10.31310/HUM.070.02}
TY - JOUR
AU - Shin, Dongkyu
TI - Contradictions of Representative Democracy and Aspirations of Participatory Democracy － General Strike and Self-management in France in 1968 －
JO - Journal of Humanities
PY - 2018
VL - null
IS - 70
PB - Institute for Humanities
SP - 37
EP - 64
SN - 1598-8457
AB - Whereas Rousseau had thought a ‘veritable democracy’ was impossible, certain French revolutionaries in 1789 believed it will be realizable through a representative democracy. But this representative democracy regime makes paradoxically an undemocratic social structure and an immense tyrannical system of regulation. Finally, this imperfect democracy system become a target of criticism and resistance in 1968. This criticism goes with the aspiration for direct democracy. It leads the people to imagine the possibility of creating a new type of power and shows the possibility of direct democracy in which public opinions are gathered from below, not manipulated by the powerful authority. The strong desire for direct democracy provides a basis for a political goal and an ideological foundation in 1968 and it legitimized the resistance movement, which ran counter to the authoritarianism of De Gaulle’s regime. Especially, the desire for political participation is expressed in the form of workers’ self-management (autogestion) movement. Under the influence of the spirit of 1968, this new idea shows the possibility of ‘direct democracy from below’. But it also exposes the illusory aspects of the 68 movement that the self-management movement — though it showed the possibility of direct democracy from below under the influence of the protests of 1968 — could remain a mere fantasy without being accompanied by the fundamental change of production structure.
KW - The 68 movement;representative democracy;participatory democracy;direct democracy;self-management
DO - 10.31310/HUM.070.02
ER -
Shin, Dongkyu. (2018). Contradictions of Representative Democracy and Aspirations of Participatory Democracy － General Strike and Self-management in France in 1968 －. Journal of Humanities, 70, 37-64.
Shin, Dongkyu. 2018, "Contradictions of Representative Democracy and Aspirations of Participatory Democracy － General Strike and Self-management in France in 1968 －", Journal of Humanities, no.70, pp.37-64. Available from: doi:10.31310/HUM.070.02
Shin, Dongkyu "Contradictions of Representative Democracy and Aspirations of Participatory Democracy － General Strike and Self-management in France in 1968 －" Journal of Humanities 70 pp.37-64 (2018) : 37.
Shin, Dongkyu. Contradictions of Representative Democracy and Aspirations of Participatory Democracy － General Strike and Self-management in France in 1968 －. 2018; 70 : 37-64. Available from: doi:10.31310/HUM.070.02
Shin, Dongkyu. "Contradictions of Representative Democracy and Aspirations of Participatory Democracy － General Strike and Self-management in France in 1968 －" Journal of Humanities no.70(2018) : 37-64.doi: 10.31310/HUM.070.02
Shin, Dongkyu. Contradictions of Representative Democracy and Aspirations of Participatory Democracy － General Strike and Self-management in France in 1968 －. Journal of Humanities, 70, 37-64. doi: 10.31310/HUM.070.02
Shin, Dongkyu. Contradictions of Representative Democracy and Aspirations of Participatory Democracy － General Strike and Self-management in France in 1968 －. Journal of Humanities. 2018; 70 37-64. doi: 10.31310/HUM.070.02
Shin, Dongkyu. Contradictions of Representative Democracy and Aspirations of Participatory Democracy － General Strike and Self-management in France in 1968 －. 2018; 70 : 37-64. Available from: doi:10.31310/HUM.070.02
Shin, Dongkyu. "Contradictions of Representative Democracy and Aspirations of Participatory Democracy － General Strike and Self-management in France in 1968 －" Journal of Humanities no.70(2018) : 37-64.doi: 10.31310/HUM.070.02
