Koliko zajedništva treba demokracija?
How Much Communality a Democracy Needs?

Summary/Abstract: The author reinterprets the conflict between communitarians and liberals as a disagreement about the desirable scope of influence of the state in the new easteuropean democracies. Communitarianism, which emphasizes unity, is a democratic substitute for collectivism which has had a long tradition in Eastern Europe. Recent developments in Eastern Europe show that there are no preconditions for democratic communality which means that communitarian concepts contain an element of danger. The author thinks that the best alternative to the collectivist and communitarian danger in Eastern Europe is the classical utilitarian i.e. economic liberalism. Classical liberalism is the best venue for ensuring economic progress and with it, democracy.

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