''De Republikein. Tijdschrift voor de betrokken burger'' ("The Republican. Magazine for the Involved Citizen") is a Dutch republican magazine, published since 2005.

History

In 2005, the magazine was created on the joint initiative of the New Republican Society and the Republican Society, aiming to stimulate discussion on both

hereditary Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic inform ...

kingship King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a constitutional monarch if his power is restrained by f ...

as well as true

democracy Democracy (from , ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a state. Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitiv ...

. Since 2005, the magazine appears four times a year. It is published by the ''Stichting De Republikein'', in collaboration with publishing house Virtùmedia

Zeist Zeist () is the Capital city, capital and largest town of the Zeist (municipality), municipality of Zeist. The town is located in the Utrecht (province), Utrecht province of the Netherlands, east of the city of Utrecht. History The town of " ...

. Not only members of the societies are involved in producing the magazine; journalists and historians, too, regularly provide contributions or write guest columns. Between 2008 and 2015, science journalist

Rik Smits Rik Smits (born 23 August 1966), nicknamed "the Dunking Dutchman" is a Dutch former professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The center was drafted by the ...

is editor-in-chief of ''De Republikein''. Since late 2015, the current editor-in-chief is René Zwaap.

Editorial staff

*René Zwaap (editor-in-chief) *Karin Mollema (managing editor) *Thom de Lagh *Gijs Korevaar *Maurits van den Toorn

Reception

Columnist and subscriber Elma Drayer called ''De Republikein'' "a lovely magazine", but had to conclude that, because of their sympathy for

mysticism Mysticism is popularly known as becoming one with God or the Absolute (philosophy), Absolute, but may refer to any kind of Religious ecstasy, ecstasy or altered state of consciousness which is given a religious or Spirituality, spiritual meani ...

, most Dutch people are unlikely to convert to the "rational, reasonable republicanism" the magazine is trying to spread, even when "it does demonstrate as hard as nails that hereditary kingship is an anachronistic, money-wasting, anti-democratic puppet-show".

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Republikein Political magazines published in the Netherlands Republicanism in the Netherlands Magazines established in 2005 2005 establishments in the Netherlands Dutch-language magazines Quarterly magazines published in the Netherlands