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A tour through Ferrater's thinking is always an interesting and stimulating journey. Interesting because Ferrater knew a lot many things. Exhilarating because often we close the pages of his works with questions that lead beyond our thinking. We started this work indicating that wanted to defend the possibility of existence of a new level of reality that would stand above the physical layer and below the social and cultural levels, and would be developed in parallel to the organizational level, and it is what we have called "network level"

¿És acceptable que un lobby ecologista senses cap representatitvitat social comprovada acabi decidint la realització d'una obra pública? La democràcia - argumenta l'autor - s'està transformant en un règim demoscòpic on la figura del ciutadà ha estat substitudïda per la de l"opinió pública", versió postmoderna del vell concepte de "poble". La voluntat de la ciutadania, expressada a través de canals transparents com les eleccions, cedeix el seu lloc a les contradictòries exigències de grups de pressió minoritaris, però maginifcats per la caixa de ressonància mediàtica. ¿Vots o shows? ¿Racionalitat o emotivitat? S'acosta un lent retorn a l'Ancien Régime...

In defence of democracy -- Legal -- Summary -- Preface -- Presentation by Miquel Caminal -- Presentation by Francesc Xavier Grau1 -- Introduction -- Translator's Note -- Democracy -- Liberalism -- Democracy and corporatism -- Spiritual problems -- The crisis of democracy -- The defects of democracy -- The objectivity of democracy -- The stability of democracy -- The relativity of democracy -- On equality among men -- Universal suffrage -- The criterion of quality in voting -- Social classification -- Truth in this world -- Parliament and democracy -- Party spirit -- Mysticism and democracy