Online democracy: Applying Hannah Arendt's model of democracy to the internet.

The internet is a major part of our lives today. This applies to politics as well, and accordingly, the question of whether it is possible to realize democracy on the internet has arisen. Using the arguments of Hannah Arendt, the paper aims to determine what online democracy should look like. It is...

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Publicado en:Theoria: A Swedish Journal of Philosophy Vol. 89; no. 6; pp. 856 - 872
Autor principal: Bláhová, Sylvie
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Dec2023
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