Perspectives for dis-institution of representative democracy

Abstract

This paper proposes a radically critical analysis of representative democracy, inserting itself in the discussions that place radical democracy as a key to a critical reading of representative mechanisms. In this sense, the concept of dis-institution is used, as proposed by Andityas Matos, as a practice that allows a rupture with political representation and the emergence of new political configurations. Dialoguing with authors such as Jacques Rancière and Ellen Woods, the work seeks to highlight the problems of the formula named representative democracy, stressing the conditions of the present that impose representative practice on the inescapable destiny of contemporary societies. Drawing parallels with authors such as Douglas Lummis, Cornelius Castoriadis and the Invisible Committee group, the objective is to present radical democracy as a possible reality, presenting the elements that support the commitment to recomposing the political meanings of an effectively democratic community.