Substancjalistyczna i akcydentalistyczna krytyka demokracji w myśli Erika von Kuehnelt-Leddihna

Abstrakt

The article shows substantial and accidental criticism of democratic system presented by the
Austrian thinker Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn. Democracy is a system difficult to define, it is hard
to assign one proper definition including all aspects of its functioning, the problem of defining
the concept of system is discussed and its advantages and disadvantages are also indicated. The
article confronts the conclusions drawn from the analysis of the work Democracy – opium for the
people with the voices of other critics of democracy.