Perspektiven Kritischer Demokratietheorie

Abstract

The following article calls for Critical Tbeory of Democrcy to be geared towards theoretical aspects of institutions. This call does not only flow from critically analysing the deficits involved in the Critical Theory's tradition ofprimarily diagnosing cultures; rather, it is made in view ofthe Theory of Democracy's normative aspects and aspects relating to analysing power. Dilemmas as regards the theory of power, the argument runs, may be resolved by means of the Games Theory. The Theory of Democracy's normative dimension raises complex requirements tobe outlined here.