La recepción de la democracia ateniense en la filosofía política de Antoni Domècech: el sorteo y su trasfondo ético y antropológico

Abstract

In this paper we analyze the reception of the Athenian lottery institution in the political philosophy of Antoni Domènech (b. 1952 ). On the one hand, taking the book De la ética a la política (1989) as our main reference, we focus on the author’s view about the ethical and anthropological background of ancient republicanism. Domènech perspective is based on the concepts of “razón erótica” and “tangente ática”. On the other hand, using the methodology of the sociology of philosophy, its intervention is located in the Spanish philosophical field of the 1980s. Finally we explore the way ancient philosophy serves Domènech to take sides in the contemporary debate on the crisis of modern reason