Main questions:

• What are the essential features of constitutional democracy and how have they been eroded by neoliberalism and undermined by authoritarianism?
• Are there context transformations (such as the increase in complexity) to which democracy has fail to adapt and to which neoliberalism and authoritarianism respond?
• Can the powers and scale of the contemporary state peacefully coexist with capitalism? And under which conditions?
• What are the general features of emerging authoritarianism, and what are its strengths in the battle for common sense?
• How do authoritarianism and neoliberalism coexist? Is their “escalation” sustainable, or are there signs of rupture?

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Introductory Lectio

Gaetano Azzariti (Università Sapienza, Roma)

Nadia Urbinati (Columbia University, New York)

Massimo Florio (Università di Milano, Forum Disuguaglianze e Diversità)