Democracy and the University. Pathologies of Misgovernment

Diverse contemporary theories of democracy have put the emphasis on the tensions that arise for citizens who live in a democratic community and yet spend most of their lives in non-democratic spaces. This work examines the persistent democratic deficit that in Spain weighs down a special public institution, the university. According to Thomas Hobbes, competition, diffidence, and glory give rise to wars between citizens; today, its dominant presence in the university is assumed naturally. Here I analyze diverse political pathologies product of the misrule that results from this misunderstanding of the last sense of the institution. These include envy, calumny, destructive ambition and narcissism. Finally, I will study the establishment of groups that function as brotherhoods.