The Failure of Mass Democracy | Radboud Reflects Lecture by theologian Rowan Williams

“Trump’s campaign was just an incoherent series of crowd-pleasing postures, and his election signifies how politics has turned into mass theatre. The only thing that matters, is the declaration of victory.” The eminent British theologian Rowan Williams states that we should get rid of the neo-Soviet talk about something called “The People” and its supposed will. Instead, we need a better analysis of and investment in local civic activism. What can we do to nurture discussion and decision-making in the actual communities to which people (not The People) belong?

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