520 KB63 KB199420242003Lang, Kurtletnik:10številka:2str. 5-23ISSN:1318-3222COBISSID:22322525URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-L5OTBU6SenEvropski inštitut za komuniciranje in kulturoJavnost (Ljubljana)družbeno vedenjeinteresijavno mnenjesuverenostzgodovinski preglediPopular sovereignty and interests as seen by the precursors of public opinion theory|Classical writers, going back as far as John Locke, recognized public opinion as a powerful force. That the passions and interests of real people often divert them from pursuing the common good confronted them with a dilemma: what is desired by all is not necessarily what reason shows to be in their general interest. The dilemma points to the necessity of government and also of institutional arrangements to mediate between the people and the makers of laws binding on everyone. The paper examines in particular the views of Rousseau on assemblies, of Hegel on the development of universal norms, and of von Stein on social movement. It concludes that public opinion exists only in the form of discourse and that it exerts influence either when some part acts as a concrete group or when the preferences of an abstract aggregate of individuals converge on a particular party, candidate, or legislative proposalKlasični pisci od Johna Locka naprej so upoštevali javno mnenje kot pomembno silo. Dejstvo, da dejanske ljudi njihove strasti in interesi pogosto odvračajo od delovanja za skupno dobro, jih je spravljalo v zadrego: kar si želijo vsi, ni nujno tisto, kar razum razkriva kot njihov obči interes. Dilema opozarja na nujnost, da vlada in institucionalni ukrepi posredujejo med ljudmi in tistimi, ki sprejemajo za vse obvezne zakone. Članek posebej proučuje Rousseaujeva stališča o skupščinah, Heglova stališča o razvoju univerzalnih norm in von Steinove poglede na družbeno gibanje. Ugotavlja, da javno mnenje obstaja samo v diskurzivni obliki in ima vpliv, kadar določeni del deluje kot konkretna skupina ali kadar prioritete abstraktnega agregata posameznikov konvergirajo v neki stranki, kandidatu ali zakonskem predloguTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaEvropski inštitut za komuniciranje in kulturo - EURICOM