la crisis espiritual de democracia: ética, cultura y regeneración: Volumen II

Democracy is not merely undergoing a political or institutional crisis; its wound runs deeper and has spiritual roots. The Spiritual Crisis of Democracy, Volume II brings together, under the coordination of Julio Borges Junyent, Juan Miguel Matheus, Rudy Albino de Assunção, and Paola Bautista de Alemán, brings together thinkers from Europe, Latin America, and the United States to face the central challenge of our time with serenity and courage. What happens when a society ceases to uphold the principles that make freedom possible? In the prologue, Jaime Mayor Oreja puts it clearly: "The crisis afflicting Western society today can be summed up as a crisis of truth." When truth is diluted, freedom loses its bearings, and when justice is weakened, democracy runs the risk of becoming a mere procedure, incapable of sustaining a dignified common life. This volume offers a profound diagnosis--moral, cultural, and anthropological--of the fractures running through our societies: the separation between politics and responsibility, the deterioration of public dialogue, distrust of institutions, the loss of cultural reference points, and the weakening of the very idea of the common good. But it does not stop at denunciation. It proposes paths forward. It reminds us that democracy is not sustained solely by rules or majorities, but by an idea of the person, a conception of truth, and an ethical commitment that precedes politics. Without pre-political foundations, freedom becomes hollow and institutions grow fragile. Far from resignation, this book is an invitation to the cultural and moral regeneration of our democracies. Because democracy is not preserved by inertia: it is renewed when it recovers its meaning, when it once again rests on truth, responsibility, and the dignity of the person. A call to think, to discern, and to rebuild. The future of democracy also depends on what each society is willing to believe, defend, and live.