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Der Autor stellt im Anschluß an Dahrendorfs Beitrag "Widersprüche der Moderne" im vorliegenden Sammelband die These auf, daß sich in der "entzauberten" Moderne eine barbareivermeidende, offene Gesellschaft nur dann aufrechterhalten läßt, wenn diese dazu bereit ist, die Antinomien der modernen Kultur nicht gewaltsam aufzulösen, sondern zu ertragen. Insbesondere der Widerspruch zwischen dem modernen Universalismus der Gleichheit und dem ebenso modernen Recht auf Differenz müsse "ausgehalten" werden. (ICE)

Both the monadic & the dyadic versions of the theory of the "democratic peace" borrow their assumptions on causal links from different metatheories: rationalism, constructivism, & institutionalism. A thorough analysis of the causal hypothesis involved reveals that the linkage between democracy & peaceful behavior is not as cogent as either version would have it. This verdict applies if we remain within each of the metatheories supplying the causal assumptions, & even more so if we analyze the combined assumptions of the metatheories. In either case, hypotheses can logically be deduced that would either predict specific reasons for being aggressive toward non-democracies or the neutralization of the particular war-preventing empathy democracies are supposed to develop toward each other. Both variants of the theory thus produce antinomies that are not recognized by the theory. The theory, it turns out, is underspecified. A major task would be to theorize about the contextual conditions under which democracy does indeed produce peaceful behavior. 1 Chart, 124 References. Adapted from the source document.