La libertad democrática

What has happened so that freedom has become a slogan of the right and that obedience seems to be a value of the left? Is there not behind this curious ideological displacement a different conception of freedom in a democratic society? Taking the idea of freedom as the leitmotif, this book analyzes the future of democracy and the new ideological landscapes, offers some keys to understand the behavior of its actors, asks what dimensions of society we should democratize and how to deal with the crises that that we are facingWhoever, in the name of their right to do what they want, does not internalize the impact that their actions can have on others, ends up contributing to building a society in which many will see their chances of doing what they want reduced. By caring for the common, we are not surrendering to a neutral or foreign structure, but to something from which our personal freedom is nourished. Jon Elster, one of the most prominent republican thinkers, glossed over the figure of Ulysses allowing himself to be tied up so as not to succumb to the songs of the sirens. He thus reminded us that many times the best way to preserve freedom is to tie oneself, not so much to respect that of others, but to protect oneself from the stupidities that one could commit if they call anything freedom. The current social contract, Daniel Innerarity maintains in these pages, is demanding a self-limitation of personal freedom to ensure the survival of humanity on the planet.