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  • 1 - Nature as the Transcendental Imaginary of Modern Secular Society

  • from Part I - The Rise of Western Politics following the Collapse of the Monistic Medieval Cosmology
  • Yaron Ezrahi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Edited by Dana Blander, Israel Democracy Institute
  • Book:
    Can Democracy Recover?
    Published online:
    02 January 2025
    Print publication:
    16 January 2025, pp 15-20

  • Summary

    The chapter explores the connection between the emergence of Nature as an independent entity and the rise of modern democracy. It argues that the separation of Nature from God and Culture shaped democratic practices. Nature became a political resource in democratic society, providing concepts like “necessity” and “constraint.” Modern scholarly discourses often invoke Nature as a limit and source of legitimation for political claims. It further examines how the imaginary of Nature as an autonomous entity influenced the rise of modern democracy. It argues that the separation of Nature from God and Culture created space for human agency and democratic practices. It also discusses how Nature became a source of authority, necessity, and constraint in modern political discourses. Lastly, the chapter compares Western cosmology with non-Western ones and analyzes the impact of cosmological shifts on politics.