GOVERNO SENZA CAPI O DEMOCRAZIA DEL LEADER? UNA RIFLESSIONE A PARTIRE DA PLATONE E ARISTOTELE

Abstract

Since antiquity, the problem of political leaders in democracies has been a difficult issue to tackle. This paper attempts to investigate the close relationship between leadership and democracy, starting from two classical authors such as Plato and Aristotle, and finally suggesting a critical reading of the present. The first part analyses the two philosophers’ political reflections on the figure of leaders and the possible distorting effects that the appearance of these subjects would have in terms of political change. The last part of the paper, on the other hand, reflects on the present, questioning what the classical authors can still tell us about our democracies and the problem of the chief.