The essay, starting from the J-F. Lyotard's logic of postmodernity and paradox, advocates for the ability of non-western democratic experiences to ensure institutional order in revolutionary contexts. From a diachronic comparison of Naxalite revolutionary movements in India and Maoists in Nepal, the article states that debates about political and revolutionary violence in a democracy is not a logical contradiction, but a case of "Institutional Tragic Optimism".
Viola Pasquale (2020). South-Asian Maoists: democracy, public law and revolutionary movements between legitimate exercise of force, institutional paradoxes and violence. RECHTD. REVISTA DE ESTUDOS CONSTITUCIONAIS, HERMENÊUTICA E TEORIA DO DIREITO, 12(3), 397-410 [10.4013/rechtd.2020.123.05].
South-Asian Maoists: democracy, public law and revolutionary movements between legitimate exercise of force, institutional paradoxes and violence
Viola Pasquale
2020
Abstract
The essay, starting from the J-F. Lyotard's logic of postmodernity and paradox, advocates for the ability of non-western democratic experiences to ensure institutional order in revolutionary contexts. From a diachronic comparison of Naxalite revolutionary movements in India and Maoists in Nepal, the article states that debates about political and revolutionary violence in a democracy is not a logical contradiction, but a case of "Institutional Tragic Optimism".I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
