Founders and Re-Founders: Struggles of Self-Authorized Representation

Monica Brito Vieira

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Abstract

In this article my argument is twofold. First, I maintain that it is not possible to either understand or practically initiate democratic foundlings except through self-authorized claims of representation appealing to an extra-legal source of authority, that is, a prefigured people, constructed around a particular claim to what should be common. Second, I contend that self-authorized claims to a prefigured people that are performed to and retroactively validated by the existing people can open up opportunities for the people to self-constitute democratically.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages14
JournalConstellations
Volume22
Issue number4
Early online date23 Sept 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2015

Bibliographical note

(c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Brito Vieira, M. (2015), Founders and Re-founders: Struggles of Self-authorized Representation. Constellations, which has been published in final form at doi: 10.1111/1467-8675.12178. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.

Keywords

  • representation
  • self-authorised
  • Rousseau
  • Occupy

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    (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Brito Vieira, M. (2015), Founders and Re-founders: Struggles of Self-authorized Representation. Constellations, which has been published in final form at doi: 10.1111/1467-8675.12178. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.

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