Democracy and Dictatorship

Part 1 The great dichotomy: public/private; a dichotomous pair; corresponding dichotomies; the evaluative use of the great dichotomy; the second meeting of the dichotomy. Part 2 Civil society: the various meanings; the Marxian interpretation; the Hegelian system; the natural law tradition; civil society as civilized society; the current debate. Part 3 State, power and government: towards the study of the state; the name and the thing; the state and power; the foundation of power; state and law; the forms of government; forms of state; the end of the state. Part 4 Democracy and dictatorship: democracy in the theory of governmental forms; the descriptive use; the evaluative use; the historical use; modern democracy; representative democracy and direct democracy; political democracy and social democracy; formal democracy and substantive democracy; Ancient dictatorship; modern dictatorship; revolutionary dictatorship.