About the project
Since the Age of Revolutions in the 18th and 19th centuries universal principles have had an important place in political and theoretical innovation, preparing the ground for the emergence of constitutional, and later, democratic regimes. At the same time, this mode of thought was both a response to and an elaboration of concrete political practices.
This project aimed to shed light on how historical experience gave life to the democratic theoretical tradition. As a historically oriented project, it was our goal to expose how past struggles over power and conceptual definitions are interlinked. Our primary focus was on the Scandinavian countries, especially Norway, but our context was European and partly American.
Financing
The project was supported by The Research Council of Norway.