The Barcelona Debate
Democracy's Old Future
Lecture by Pedro Olalla
Debate
Free
Europe is ageing demographically. Is it also ageing politically? Ideologically? Is democracy, as an in fieri project, compatible with a form of social ageing believed by many to be synonymous with conservatism, dependency and abdication? Are these really attributes of ageing?
In our current context, where economic power increasingly seeks to usurp political power, a reconsideration of the ancient Greek ideas of politics and democracy which departs from the complex and emblematic perspective of present-day Greece may contribute both a necessary alertness to an ageing and politically devalued citizenry and an occasion to constructively question the world we live in
Presenters: Jordi Vaquer Fanés
Participants: Pedro Olalla
This activity is part of Old Europe, New Utopias, The Barcelona Debate
Related contents
Pedro Olalla: "Political mindsets have much more to do with the life experiences of each generation than with age"
Anna Punsoda
In this talk with Pedro Olalla we comment on the future of an aged continent, on the credibility of European bureaucrats, and on the ability and the responsibility to make decisions that we all have in a democracy.
Pedro Olalla
Democracy's Old Future
Europe is ageing demographically. Is it also ageing politically? Ideologically? Is democracy, as an in fieri project, compatible with a form of social ageing believed by many to be synonymous with conservatism, dependency and abdication? Are these really attributes of ageing? ...
