Abstract
This session explores the structural tensions between democracy and capitalism. On the one hand, democracy presupposes political equality and collective participation in defining common rules. On the other, capitalism is based on economic inequalities that tend to influence or constrain this participation, notably through the concentration of economic power and its impact on collective decisions. The discussion will also address the question of the temporality of change: can capitalism be transformed through gradual reforms and the extension of rights, or do its fundamental logics end up neutralizing these aspirations, necessitating a deeper rupture ?
