1968 y la teoría política de Norberto Bobbio

Abstract

In this article, the author explores the evolution of Norberto Bobbio’s thinking and political considerations emphasizing the existing ties between philosophy and political science that led this thinker to build his well-known theory of democracy. Also, the article undertakes Bobbio’s analysis regarding the changes in communist thinking —a fundamental reference in his political thought— and at the same time he looks into the distinctive characteristics of the Italian ’68, its determinants and interconnections with politics and civilian life, highlighting the role of this politics philosopher as a promoter of political critique and systematic doubt and the way he put them in practice during that Italian 1968. Finally, the author rescues some of the central elements of Bobbio’s political theory such as the theoretical distinction between right and left, the crisis of historical communism, the relations between the individual and political power and the problematization of democracy.