Tag Archives: elections

Why we don’t vote

Everything that can be said about the suffrage may be summed up in a sentence. To vote is to give up your own power. To elect a master or many, for a long or short time, is to resign one’s … Continue reading

Posted in Commentary | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Hobbesian reflections in times of elections: Giorgio Agamben

The recent electoral successes of political parties rooted in “citizens movements” in spain’s municipal and regional elections (and this in the wake of the Syriza victory in greece) may give some reasons for hope that social movements, especially the “occupy” … Continue reading

Posted in Commentary | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Unlearning from the Spanish Elections

The news from Spain after the elections of the 20th of November were overwhelming:  Le Monde could write that the “Spanish give an absolute majority to M. Rajoy” (Le Monde 22/11/11), El Pais, that Spain gave all political power to … Continue reading

Posted in News blog | Tagged , | Leave a comment