Democracy in Capital, the Political Project of the Enlightenment

The Enlightenment built the modern political model of the Democratic Republic, a project of civil power based on law where national sovereign tea is expressed. The democratic republic represents a situation where obeying the law and being free are one and the same thing. As members with full rights of the political community represented by the state, individuals are deemed citizens; as co-legislators within the legal political framework, citizens are obedient to themselves and, consequently, free.