Value-Levels-Democracy
The Reflection-System-Theory of Four-Segmentation
📕 E-BookDemocracy is in crisis everywhere — but the standard remedies (more referendums, stronger parties, better leaders) miss the root cause. Heinrichs diagnoses the problem precisely: modern democracy conflates four structurally distinct domains — basic values, culture, politics, and economy — into a single parliamentary arena, where they inevitably corrupt each other.
The solution is four-segmentation: four distinct parliamentary spheres, each with its own legitimacy, representing the four irreducible dimensions of society. This is not utopia but logical consequence: a society that has differentiated these domains in practice (constitutional courts, central banks, cultural institutions) needs to complete this differentiation democratically.
Key arguments
- Why mono-parliamentary democracy systematically fails (the economy captures politics, politics captures culture)
- The four levels of social reflection: material needs → political will → cultural values → ultimate meaning
- How four-segmentation was anticipated by thinkers from Aristotle to Tocqueville — without being explicitly formulated
- Concrete proposals for institutional reform
The English companion volume to Revolution der Demokratie — making Heinrichs’ democratic theory accessible to an international audience.
Bibliografie
- Jahr
- 2025
- Reihe
- Gesammelte Werke (Band 42)
- Lizenz
- Copyright
Elektronische Originalausgabe: Diese Ausgabe entspricht seitengleich der Erstausgabe von 2019 (Edition Prisma, Auroville). Seitenzahlen und Layout sind identisch mit dem Original und vollständig zitierfähig. Lediglich Titelseite, Impressum und Autorenvorstellung wurden für die Reflexivity Press Edition aktualisiert.
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| Sprache | Bücher | Format | Kaufen |
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| 🇬🇧 English | Value-Levels-Democracy | EPUB, PDF |