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A contribution to a debate on a book by Fernando Quesada Castro, Sendas de democracia: entre la violencia y la globazacion ([Paths of Democracy: Between Violence and Globalization] new edition, Madrid: Trotta, 2008 [2006]). Quesada provides an in-depth study on the meaning & problems of democracy today & the reasons for its current condition. He examines the unfulfilled promises of the modern political-democratic project since its foundation & suggests that conviction of the project & the political imagination that sustained it are coming to an end. Faced with today's political anomy & violence, faced with democracy as the great loser, paradoxically, in the so-called era of democracy, Quesada nonetheless argues, with a certain hope, against a reductive view of the status quo, &, from the nucleus of democratic politics, of politics itself, suggests the possibility of a "new rise of conscience." He concludes that democratic equality is a task that can have new beginnings, but cannot have an end. Adapted from the source document.

The paper discusses the appropriateness of speaking about Post-Rawlsian Philosophy. In order to establish the context of the question, the paper carries out a limited & tentative check of present political philosophy produced in English & a rereading of post-war political philosophy. Its objective is to assess political philosophy "before" & "after" Rawls in a critical way & then identify the specificity & particular problems of Post-Rawlsian philosophers & their way of understanding political philosophy. Finally, it supports the appropriateness of a Post-Rawlsian political philosophy in a critical & pluralist sense capable of facing present day challenges. Adapted from the source document.