Representation and Crisis of Democracy

14:00 – 15:30  What makes representative democracy democratic?

• Milan Znoj (FF UK) Political Will and Public Opinion: from Hegel to Democracy
• Ľubica Kobová (FHS UK) Political Judgment and the Role of Exemplar: A Case for Democratic Representation 
• Markéta Mottlová (FF UK) Representative turn: new way of thinking about relationship between representation and democracy

16:00 – 18:00  Recent Challenges and Disfigurations of Representative Democracy

• Pavel Barša (FF UK) Counter-democracy and presidentialization. Pierre Rosanvallon´s contribution to contemporary democratic theory
• Giuseppe Ballacci (University of Minho) Representation and the Creation of the ‘People’ in Laclau’s Theory of Populism: A Critical Assessment
• Jan Bíba (FF UK) Democracy, Sight and the People beyond Plebiscitarianism
• Michael Augustín (ÚPV SAV) How to escape from the dead end of post-democracy?