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AbstractThe twentieth century has witnessed the disappearance of political philosophy. One of the main reasons explaining this disappearance is the adoption of the Weberian distinction between facts and values. On the basis of this distinction, it is impossible to judge the crucial political experience of the last century: totalitarianism. The failure of philosophical attempts (cf. Hannah Arendt) to make sense of this phenomena can also be explained by the abandoning of the classical notion of political regime. Only Leo Strauss has tried to recover the authentic meaning of political philosophy by keeping alive the classical conception of political regime and by refusing historicism. Moreover, the Strauss-Kojève dialogue opened the way to a philosophical understanding of the mysterious link between modern democracy and totalitarianism. This enigmatic link raised the question concerning the nature of the will of the people and its embodiment. How can a purely spiritual principle give form and life to a body politic ? The task of political philosophy is to shed some light on the dialectic between the “body” of predemocratic society and the “soul” of democratic politics.
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Freedom of speech is in itself one of the rights most highly protected by the European Court of Human Rights. In the field of expressing political viewpoints, especially in times of elections, it remains indeed a « hard core ». It is the subject of joint protection under several provisions of the Convention and also from accommodating interpretation that may lead to admitting discourse counter to the values of liberal democracy.
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