Open AccessAre We at Home in a Liberal Democracy? Metaphorology and Political Philosophy
Author(s) -
Antonio Rivera García
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
complutensian scientific journals (complutense university of madrid)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1572-8692
pISSN - 1356-4765
DOI - 10.5209/rev_rpub.2012.n27.47870
Subject(s) - metaphor , political philosophy , realm , meaning (existential) , democracy , politics , sociology , context (archaeology) , liberal democracy , epistemology , original meaning , social science , political science , environmental ethics , aesthetics , philosophy , law , theology , history , archaeology
Drawing on both Agnes Heller’s paper “Where Are we at Home?” and Hans Blumenberg’s metaphorology, this article discusses the meaning of the home metaphor as applied to the realm of politics. It examines particularly whether or not liberal democracy can be considered a home. In principle, the article argues that the home metaphor is a better image to think premodern, conservative and communitarian politics. Yet its usage in a liberal context attests to some of the profoundest human anxieties
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