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SummaryThis paper attempts to reconstruct the links between political modernity and the concept of global society by reference at once to the development of modern societies and Québécois society. The current crisis of global societies is associated with the difficulty of constructing a shared world, an interface between society as social reality and society as political construct. Global society nevertheless remains a requirement of democracy. Far from being a particular case, the search by Québécois nationalists for a new global society is viewed as typifying the stakes and issues characterizing advanced modernity.
Keywords: société globale, démocratie, État-nation, sociologie, individualisme, mondialisation, société québécoise, souveraineté, nation, nationalisme, global society, democracy, nation-state, sociology, individualism, globalization, Québécois society, sovereignty, nation, nationalism, sociedad global, democracia, Estado-nación, sociología, individualismo, mundialización, sociedad quebequense, soberanía, nación, nacionalismo
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Democracy is usually seen as the regime of political equality. But there are many differences about the content of this equality and the reasons that can be invoked to justify it.Two types of arguments seem to be opposed on this point. One can consider, as R. Dahl for example, that political equality is required so that the election of the leaders can appear legitimate and not disputed. The argument is then procedural. One can also consider, as T. Nagel for example, that this justification is insufficient because it is external to the democratic idea, and that if this implies that all have the same political status, it is because democracy is the general system of equality, and political equality is its first form. The argument is then substantial.The aim of this article is twofold. First, I try to understand why the defenders of a substantial conception of democracy blame those who define it in procedural terms. Next, I try to understand the reason why the procedural justification of political equality could be irrelevant, and must be completed by substantial arguments.
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The objective of this contribution is to examine the democratic link which unites represented citizens and elected representatives from an emotion perspective. We shall focus on a historic approach to study the French case. According to a first model, the feelings are strictly supervised at the top of the State. This model did not obviously disappear, but it has been challenged for a few years by a model based on the expression of emotions. The ruler is not only the one who perceives the feelings of the crowd and knows how to translate them into public actions; he is the one who feels them with intensity. He is moved as everyone by collective dramas and he is delighted during the collective joy.
Keywords: Vie politique, personnalités politiques, médiatisation, président de la République, émotions, colère, larmes, informalisation, Political Life, Political Personalities, Mediatization, President of The Republic, Feelings, Anger, Tears, Informalization