The essay, starting by the J-F. Lyotard’s logic of postmodernity and paradox, claims about the ability of non-western democratic models to ensure institutional order in revolutionary contexts. From a diachronic comparison of Naxality revolutionary movements in India, the article highlights that argue about violence in a democracy is not a logical contradiction, but a realisation of the “Institutional tragic optimism”.

Democrazia, violenza e movimenti rivoluzionari nel Global South

Pasquale Viola
2016

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The essay, starting by the J-F. Lyotard’s logic of postmodernity and paradox, claims about the ability of non-western democratic models to ensure institutional order in revolutionary contexts. From a diachronic comparison of Naxality revolutionary movements in India, the article highlights that argue about violence in a democracy is not a logical contradiction, but a realisation of the “Institutional tragic optimism”.
2016
Pasquale Viola
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